The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31

recently broken up in Chicago, attempt
ed to commit suicide IN a cell ar the
Human street station by tying his sus-
by policeman.
United States geological survey level
men, under Topographer r. A. Farmer,
who have been running a line of levels
to the summit of Mount Whitney, Cali
fornia, have completed their work, and
report the true height Of the mountain
to be 1852 feet.
Mrs. A. II. Bailey, wife of a promi-
nent manufacturer, was placed under ar
rest in Cleveland on q charge of man.
slaughter. An automobile which Mrs.
Bailey was opers ting struck and so badly
injured Joseph Broestel that he died
from his injuries.
Near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, John
Moore, attracted by an odor, raised the
boards of barn floor and found the
decomposed body of his brother Sigel.
The latter disappeared a month ago and
hundreds have been searching for him.
Murder is suspected.
William Sickle and Edward Perk
were killed at Wellington, Ohio. They
were painting a standpipe. $50 feet high,
when the board of the scaffold slipped.
precipitating them to the ground. Perk
was killed instantly and Sickle died
within fifteen minutes.
The city gas plant at Syracuse, Neb.,
was partly demolished by an explosion
which also wrecked a part of the water
works plant. Both plants are owned by
the city. The explosion was caused by
leak in the pipes. j. G. Reed, fire.
man. was probably fatally injured.
Two children of Mrs. Henry Dillon
were burned to death in Toledo, Ohio,
and the mother is so badly injured that
she may die. The dead children were
aged % and IL months. The house was
completely destroyed by the fire, which
followed the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
Suspicion of murder is entertained by
the coroner's jury at Trempealeau, Wis.
in the investigation of the death of Fred
Claffier. wealthy farmer of Stockton.
Mimi, whose body was found in the Mis-
sissippi river there. He was supposed
to have a large sum of money on his
person.
An extra freight train on the Michi-
gan division of the Lake Shore road was
wrecked just outside Toledo. Ohio. The
engine and four cars were derailed. En-
gineer Weidenbeck and Fireman Pletch-
er OF Elkhart, Ind, were pinned under
the engine and so badly scalded that they
may die.
A fire for a time threatened to wipe
out the entire city of Oroville, Cal. Be
fore it was under control an entire block
was destroyed. Several fremen were
badly injured. three of them fatally, it
is believed. A number of persons are re-
ported missing. The loss is estimated at
$150,OOO.
The Apaches from Arizona, believed to
be under the leadership of the blood
thirsty Apache Kid" who has given
the government nearly as much trouble
as Geronimo, have broken out and are
terrorizing the settlers in New Mexico.
Horses and mules have been stolen and
ra'Ichmen driven from SORROW County
and that vicinity, and late reports tell of
the burning of barns, crops and other
property.
A plague of crickets has swept down
on Omaha and has made life a burden to
the inhabitants. The insects appeared
suddenly by the millions Failing on the
street car track and being crushed by the
wheels, they so creased the rails that
traffic was badly crippled. That the little
pests came hungry is proved by the fact
that they destroy all clothing and carpets
with which they come in contact. Bush
els of them have been swept from the
stores. They cause much terror among
the women. They almost put out the
street lights.
United States Immigration Inspector
Mansfield in Omaha, Neb., caused to be
brought before him a number of Greek
boys from 10 to IS years of age who are
engaged in shining shoes in different par
lers in that city. Inspector Mansfield be-
lieves they are in the country in viola
ton of the contract labor law. The boys
admitted they were paid by the year and
that their food and clothing were fur
nished by their employers. They also
admitted that they came TO the United
States with the understanding that they
were to be given this kind of employ
ment.
A severe rain, wind. hail and electrical
storm swept over Lacrosse county, Wis,
Sunday night and great damage was
done. In some cases the storm took the
force of tornado. while in others the
rain was a cloudburst. Hail ruined the
| growing crops in large sections of west
ern Wi consin and southern Minnesota.
Traffic on the Milwaukee and Burlington
roads was demoralized. At Weaver,
Mimi, large section of the Milwaukee
and st. Paul tracks was carried away
and mail trains were run over tempo
rary track. The washout on the Bur-
lington was between Maiden Rock and
81. Paul and delayed all trains from
three to six hours. A small tornado is
reported as having done some damage in
the southwestern part of Winona county,
MINI. The house of Frank Sanders was
destroyed and Mrs. Sanders was badly
hurt. She was taken to the hospital al
Rochester.