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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
National Capital Notes.

Representative Bennett of New York
has introduced a bill reducing the repre-
sentation of the Southern States in Con-
gross because Of the disfranchisement OF
negroes.
Prince Min, the Korean minister TO
France. who has been in Washington
for several days past, called by appoint
ment upon Secretary Root at the State
Department and had a conference with
him lasting nearly half an hour
Representative Sulzer of New York in
troduced a resolution to save "0ld Iron
Sides frigate Constitution). which re-
Quests the President to prevent the de-
struction of the frigate and to recon-
mend measures for preserving what re-
mains of the historic craft.
President Roosevelt informed a dele
CATION of Shakers that called on him that
he did not think the disarmament Of ma
lions was practicable at this time. He
added that he regarded a o to war
as entirely proper in the case of a great
and unprovoked wrong affecting the
honor Of a nation.
Claiming to be a delegate from the
Isle of Pines and therefore entitled to q
seat in the House, Edward p Ryan ap-
peared at the capitol and conferred with
a number Of the opponents of the Isle
Of Pines treaty with a view to determin-
ing the most effective way of getting his
claims before Congress.
When a delegation from Oklahoma
and Indian Territory called on Senator
Beyeridge to urge statehood for those
territories, Helen Henstrong, aged Is.
Of Oklahoma City, sang three verses
from "0klahoma." the joint statehood
song. attracting many Senators and cap
itol habitues to the corridor, where the
reception was held.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
CHRISTMAS MAIL.
Records Broken This Year by an
Avalanche of Gifts.

Records Broken This Year by an
Avalanche of Gifts.
An avalanche of parceled happiness
tumbling down upon Uncle Sans mail
distributors during the week preceding
Christmas nearly buried the ~ssrvice past
all recovery. In New York City several
clerks were made seriously Ill by over
work during long hours, and no doubt
like conditions prevailed elsewhere.
In the field of foreign mail alone the
pressure has been so great as to break
all former records. The Etruria brought
into New York the heaviest Christmas
mail ever landed at that port. She had
$500 bags and "a packages of parcels
post. The mail steamer was obliged to
make two trips down the bay to remove
the mails. The st. Paul brought 1907
sacks of Christmas mails.
The American liner Philadelphia car
ried out 3.226 bags of Christmas mail.
1t was the largest dispatch of mail in
the history of the port. In fourteen
days outgoing steamer have carried
away $4.142. 669. The Philadelphia took
the great bulk of Christmas money sent
by emigrants to the "old folk 1t had
60,331 international money orders,
amounting to S7S5. 405.
Great Britain got 1922. 99s. the great
er part being billed 20 Ireland. More
than $91 900 went to Italy. and nearly
$4,000 to Germany. Sweden got near
ly as much, while $4,000 went to Rus
STA. Hungary and Austria got $4,000,
$4,000 going to Austria. Denmark got
$4,000, Greece $1,655, Belgium $2,3S1,
the Netherlands 81, 665. Switzerland &c.
900 and Lunenburg $843.
Ill this is but a brief mention of a
little bit that has been going on in one
locality. All around us similar work
has been carried forward in varying de-
grees. 1t is safe to predict that il one
could see the grand total the figures
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Sewer Pipe Plant Burns.

The large plant of the American Sewer
Pipe Company at East Liverpool. Ohio,wa
destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated
at between $4,000 and 100000. The
building was a three-story brick structure
and was completely ruined. The origin of
the fire has not been ascertaIned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

A gas explosion occurred in the retail
dry goods store of s. p. Minear at Green's
burg, Ind. Eight persons were more or
less seriously injured. A plumber Liz a can
die in the basement near a cess pool and
IN explosion was caused by sewer gas.
The entire building was wrecked, two
walls and the ceiling falling. Loss on
building, $4,000; stock, $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Gem Importations Grow

Imports of diamonds and other pre-
cious stones have reached the remarka-
BILE total of $37, 900, 900 at the port of
New York for the present year. Not
only has the annual increase Of from
81, 100000 to $1,5O0,0O0 been kept up,
but the banner year Of 1904 with S26,-
092.2l5 worth of gems, has been beaten
by nearly 81, OOO.O OO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
killed in Gas Explosion.

The Nickerson gas works, which fur
nished light for Hyannis, Mass. were de-
stroyed by an explosion which killed Os-
borne Crowell. who was in charge of the
plant, and damaged several buildings. 1t
is supposed CrowelIs lantern ignited es-
Gaping gas. The explosion damaged
many buildings near by. The loss is
$4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Panic in Railroad Tunnel.

Five men were buried aud twenty others
were hit by rocks and beams by the col
lapse of the false work in the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel at the foot of West 33rd
street, 15o feet under the North river at
New York. Two hundred laborers en-
gagged in the work were thrown intoa pan
&c, but finally the five men were dug out
and taken to Bellevue hospital. The others
were attended by ambulance surgeons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions Of Thing
are Shown. Nothing Over ed to
make it Com plete.
Fitzsimmons Collapsed.

San Francisco special: Robert Fitz-
simmons collapsed at the close ct the thir-
teenth round of his fight with Jack
O'Brien. He had fought hare, but nature
could not longer stand the strain and after
the gong had sounded for the close of the
thirteenth round he walked to his corner
and sat in his chair. Then his head fell
over on his chest, his whole body collapsed,
and the fighting wonder Of the & was
'all in" Referee Grapey saw his c0ndi-
ton and awarded the fight to O'Brien.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Miss Nora Whitlock. a %well-known
Omaha girl, married Willard Teeters of
Lincoln Monday. the day set for her
marriage to William Neuman of Blair.
Neuman and his best man came to
Omaha for the wedding. only to receive
a telegram from the girl telling of her
marriage to the other man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Made a Millionaire at Birth.

A granddaughter to Senator w. A. Clark
OF Montana, was born at San Mateo, Cal.
the parents being Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
w. Clark. When informed of the birth
of the baby Senator Clark announced
that he would give the little girl 81, 900, 900.
following the example set by himself
ct the birth of his first g%randchild.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
ORE SHIPMENTS INCREASE.
Seasons Record Shows 6,OOO,OOO
Tons Over Any Preceding.

Seasons Record Shows 6,OOO,OOO
Tons Over Any Preceding.
The ore shipping season of 1903 has
closed with a record exceeding by more
than 100000 o gross ton that OF the
banner year of 1902. There ave been
forwarded by water from the Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin ranges of the
Lake Superior region to lower lake ports
a total of $4,000 gross tons. an
amount which would have been larger
had it not been for the disastrous gales
of the closing days of November, which
curtailed the movement. Official figures
from all ports are not yet available.
Approximately, the record stands as fol-
lows: Duluth, S.SOS,44 Two Harbors.
7,779,S5O; Escanaba. 5,225,OO Superior.
100000; Ashland, 3,500,OOO; Mar
quette. 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Two Kirlea. Ono Inf,rea.

Engineer J.. j. Welsh and Brakeman
j. A. Harris were instantly killed and
Fireman O. w. Grove seriously scalded
in a rear-end collision between freight
trains on the Pittsburg, Youngstown
and Ashtabula railroad at Covert's Sta
ton. Pa. The wreck was caused by a
freight blockade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

John r. Walsh's three banks. the Chi
cago National, Home Savings and Equit-
able company, in Chicago, have been
pla iced in liquidation after an investiga-
ton. The local clearing house guaran-
teed m in full.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
scaffoId Falls; Eight Hurt.

BY the collapse of q scaffold at the ice
house being erected by the Erie railroad
near Marion. Ohio, eight carpenters were
dashed forty feet to the ground. Five were
taken to nearby homes, while Thomas
O'COnnell, Pearl Love and Carl Porker, of
North Lewisburg, were taken TO a hos
pital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Mrs. John Lashaway, aged 20; her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. L. Lashaway,
and the latter's 2-year-old baby were
killed at Weston. Ohio. A carriage in
which they were riding was struck by a
south-bound passenger train on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road at a
crossing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Bomb Wrecks Building.

A bomb was hurled through one Of the
front windows of the Allied Iron AssOcia-
ton at No. 7 East Fourteenth street, New
York. 1t landed in a room used for tele-
phone purposes and, exploding, wrecked
the place. Several employees were in an
adjoining room but were only stunned by
the explosion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
ParoIed After Many Years.

Libbie G~arrabrandt, the Patterson muir
dress, was granted a parole by the board
of pardons at Trenton, n. j., by a vote of
five to three. She was convicted of muir
der in the first degree when she was 5ev-
enteen years of age, but the sentence was
afterwards committed to life imprisOn-
ment. She had been in the state prison
fhirfy-fOur Years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Shot Through the Heart.

William Pryor, aged TWAS shot through
the heart and killed by Mrs. Ella Gohlson,
a young widow, at Paducah, KY, in a dis
pute over a tree the woman wanted cut
down and which Pryor refused to allow
cut, claiming that it was on his land. She
surrendered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Buy Presidents Birthplace

The organization formed to purchase
the house in which President Roosevelt
was born at % East Goth street in New
York City and present it to the nation.
has completed the details of the pur-
chase and secured possession of the
property for 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Strength Saves Mans Life.

Caught in a whirling belt driven by a
1000 horsepower engine in Kenosha,
Wis, Walter Cavanagh, the giant for
mer center rush ,f the University of
Chicago football team, saved his life BY
sheer strength.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

A Pullman car porters' union which is
intended to include every negro railroad
employee in the service in the United
States has been organized by the por-
tiers. cafe and dining car men running
into New York City on the various lines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Prcxident Defend. MORTON.

President Roosevelt AM Attorney
General Moody have come out in defense
of Paul Morton in connection with the
Santa Fe rebate case. holding, in letters
which are made public, that there were
no grounds for legal action against the
former cabinet member.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
NEGRO Hanged for Assault.

Will Carter, a negro, was hanged at
Kenausville, N. c., for a criminal assault
upon a 6-year-old white girl at Wallace,
n. c., November last.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Johann Hoch must hang for the mur
der Of Marie Walcker-Hoch, one Of his
denied his motion for q reversal of his
case and the granting of an order for a
new trial. The court set the hanging
for Feb. %. This Il TIE .ourth time a
day has been named foi Hoch's death
an the Ra1loWs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Milwaukee Boodler Sentenced.

Ex-Alderman Robert l.. Rudolph of
Milwaukee, Wis, was sentenced to one
year in the Milwaukee house of correction,
being found guilty of soliciting a bride OF
500 from ex-City Attorney Charles III.
Hamilton in 1911 to secure the passage of
an expense bill through the common coun-
Gil. A delay of execution of sentence was
granted pending the Supreme Courts de-
cision on certain questions involved in the
case. Rudolph gave $1,000 bail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

By an explosion Of dynamite in the
thawing house of the Val Eagle and
Center Star mines at Rossland, B. c.,
John s. Ingram was killed and several
Others were seriously hurt. A substa-
ton of the electric light plant was wreck
ed and the town was in darkness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Death of Henry e.. Weaver.

Henry E. Weaver, the w~ell-known
Chicago coal merchant, died suddenly
while at the dinner table at his home.
surrounded by his family. He was
stricken with apoplexy and expired be-
fore assistance could be rendered:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

DIR. August Schmidt, a German physi-
clan in st. Louis, has given money for
the erection of a church in South st.
Louis, in which all denominations will
be equally free to worship. There will
be no sermon, nc choir and no collection
Dlate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

anti-Americaa boycott and a general feel
ing of hostility to foreigners. The Ger
man consul was stoned and the American
vice consul and several other foreigners
were injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

A reward of 5000 has been offered
for the capture of the burglars who shot
and killed Michael Brew, a night watch
man in the employ of merchants in
Beaver Falls, Pa. Waterman Brew en-
deavored TO intercept four men who
we're robbing a drug store and was killed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
HOOTING BRITISH ROYALTY.
Case Which Has Not Had n Parallel
in Over q Years.

The recent hooting of a member of
the British royal family by "A crowd of
unemployed in London prompts a writer
10 remark that it is necess Try to go
back more than 100 years to find a pre-
cedent for it. The last instance of a
member of the royal family being boot
ed by a London mob in the streets was
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
TRAIN ROBBERS. BOOTY SMALL.
Washington HOld-Up Men Thought
to Have Obtained Little.

The robbers who held up the North
Coast Limited at Hillsdale, Wash, are
believed to have obtained but $500 or
$500. Officials of the road say little cash
is carried on this train. A boy who
was on the baggage car and who is being
held says the two robbers got on top of
the car at North Yakima. At Hillsdale
they crept into the cab of the locomo-
tive and pointing revolvers at the engi-
neer and fireman compelled them to cut
loose the express and NJ il cars. The
ears were hauled half d mile up the
track and then the engineer was COM
PEELED to dynamite the safes. A man
who answers to the description sent out
of one of the robbers was arrested.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Chief Engineer Stevens of the Pan
anna Canal, in his report within two
weeks. will strongly recommend a lock
instead Of a sea-level water way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Seventeen persons were injured by the
derailment of the Golden State Limited
train on the Rock Island railroad at Con-
ant, N. NJ. Every coach except the OBJ
s~ervation Car left the track, seing down an
o-boukmauf
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

The two new ferry houses and slips of
the Central railroad of New Jersey and
the Delaware u L~ackawanna, near the
foot of 2Srd street, New York, were prac-
tically destroyed By fire. The loss will
aggregate a half million dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
Kentucky Bank Robbed.

The safe in the COrinth Deposit Bank at
Corinth- KY, vas burglarized of $500.
There is no clue to the robbers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Ada Davis, who has been on trial for
the murder of John Hammond, was ac-
Quilted in Newark, Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Serious a~nti-foreign riots among coolie
Iaborers in Shanghai resulted in thirty
persons being killed and several Euro
peans being injured 1t is said the NOV
ing causes for the outbreak we're the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28
u.,k RobberY Avafls Nothfn~

Six bandits tied a Waterman and his
son and blew open a bank safe at Suf-
Geld. Honn., escaping with $4,000 worth
of registered securities which are value
less to them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

The barge Baker, bound from New York
for Philadelphia in tow, was burned to
the waters edge at Atlantic City, N. j.
There was no one on board the Baker and
there was no cargo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Americas school I'm Turkey Burns.
Barton Hall. the American college for
| girls in the suburb Of Scutari. near Con-
stantinople, was partially destroyed by a
FIRE. The students, including a number
| Of b~oarders, were in bed when the flames
we're discovered. All were rescued.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-28

Two passengers were killed and forty
or fifty injured in a collision on the New
York Central structure in Gotham.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19

ten dollars apiece. bought none of
them, but have kept half an eye on
matters since. Recently Mrs. SAILS
bury, Of Ironton, told me that she had
been hired by Robert Lindsay in the
writing of deeds in his Office in that
city. AS nearly as I can learn, Lind
say has six or seven clerks employed
in making out deeds i'll his Ironton Of
fee. and | am convinced that these
deeds are not straight
survey Of the situation showed
me that when Grant in 1869 appointed
James Lindsay pension agent at ST.
Louis he made Carroll R. Peck chief
clerk. The relationship between Lind
say and Peck was unusual in that
Lindsay's second wife was Pecks Sis
ter, and Pecks wife was Llndsays
daughter, Peck, therefore, being James
Lindsay's brother-in-law and son-in-
law. and Robert Lindsay's brotsar,in-
law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19

81 could make application for 800
acres of land in the prescribed dis
trict, and must actually settle on the
land applied for within six months
Of application. In one year from
the end Of this six months period the
settler was required to appear at the
land Office of the district and make
affidavit that he had settled on the
land and had improved and cultivated
1T according to description filed with
the registrar at the same time. To
the fact of settlement and improve
ment there had to be two witnesses,
neighbors, who were required to swear
to the facts as set forth by the appli-
cant.
When the original application was
made 1t was customary to forward it
to Washington, where a patent was
made out and sent back to the land Of
ice OF the district, where it was held
until the applicant appeared with
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19
By CAPTAIN PATRICK D. TYRRELL

Copyright, 1908, by Marion G. scheitlin.)
(Continued).
Do not understand me to saw that
all officials tn these counties were cor.
Frupt, for some were honest men who
dared not move against the thieves
There were enough OF the dishonest
lonea, FoweEer, to control largely in
public affairs OF the district, and to
succeed In fostering general belief
that no mans life was safe who be.
came iufoemer.
Thus matters stood In the fall of
1876; Card ectrurE was secretary Of
the interior and James J. Brooks was
chief Of the secret service. Elmer
Washbuzn having been deposad by
President Grant because he had been
so vigorous toward some of Grants
friends In the whisky ring scandals.
Z had been chasing the ever-aotive but
elusive counterfotter through the con-
trial west when my chief called my at
kentton to communication from q
resident Of Missouri TO the depart
ment OF the Interior. This letter
pointed out the fact that wholesale
frauds were being perpetrated IN Mis-
souri, in land matters, and roughly IN
dictated the method by which the
stealing was being done. Secretary
6churz had tusnsd the communication
over to Chief Brooks, aud ii soon
reached me.
The preliminary Investigations were
made by me IN my capacity Of secret
service operative, and in making
them it became necessary to incur
what at that time was IN unusually
heavy item Of expense in having alb
stracts Of title made. At that time
the total government appropriation
for the secret division was only
100000 year, an amount but $4,000
greater than was recently allowed for
the search for the plate from which
s100 counterfeit bill was being made.
For this reason arrangements were
made ostensibly severing my conneo-
ton with the secret and making me
special agent Of the interior depart
ment for the purpose Of the land fraud
investigation.
It will be necessary for me, at the
hazard of lapsing into technicalities,
to set forth briefly the law governing
the acquisition of the class of lands
dealt in by the thieves This par
ticular law went into effect in August,
1854. and was generally known as the
graduation act" In Missouri 1t came
TO be known as the "bit acre" act,
This title sprfngtng from the fact that
The price to be paid per acre under the
hot was 1233a cents, or "bit," in Mis-
souri parlance. The act provided that
Rny citizen of the United States over
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19
THp p1GGEsr PnoRLEm.

The biggest problem in this country
and the one which more people are
trying to solve than any other Is
how to keep and care for family on
the high plane of an American civiliza.
ton on an income for the breadwtnner
of the family of from $3.50 to $500 per
annum. Decent food and clothing
must be provided and the children
must be educated and all the long list
Of setbacks in the shape Of layofs,
sickness, accidents and human misfor-
tunes be considered. It is well nigh
impossible for man so situated to
ever get ahead financially enough SO
that living for him will be an easier
problem to solve. Hundreds Of thou
sands Of men Of this class gave up
trying to better their condition long
ago. They accept the limitations Of
their lot. 1t is little less than a crime
for man SO situated to burden him
self with large family, and he should
never have more than two children,
but we too often find him with six
or more. A pathetic feature connect
ed with this class is that II they ever
do get into debt it Is almost impossible
for them to get out with the result
that when their credit Is gone their
ambition goes with it. There Is only,
just one ray of hope and light for this
class, and that lies In connecting their
living and their work width small
piece of land. An acre we'll titled will
do wonders in helping to support the
family, and if COW, pig and some
chickens can be associated with the
acre of land it will in time become pos
sible to get out of the wilderness Of
despair and encouragement into the
promised land. Given these accesso-
ries, the wife and children can do not
a little to increase the family income.
Nothing would tempt us to undertake
the burden Of maintaining family on
a wage of $500 to $500 per year unless
it could be done in connection with the
cooperation Of a piece of land.