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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Sued for $4,000 for Cruelty,

On the allegation that they threw farm
hand, Lorenzo ID. Rice, out of their house
into the snow and allowed him to crawl
into stable and die while hewas suffering
froIsl pneumonia and was almost uncOn-
scious with fever, Henry and Eli KOck
farmers of Elberfeld, Ind, are made de-
PENDANTS in a suit for $4,000 by the admin
istrator of the dead mans estate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Traction Car Men EIectrocuted.

MOtorman Searles of Rocky River, was
electrocuted and Conductor James Porter
OF Cleveland, severely injured when a
special newspaper car on the Lake Shore
Electric railway jumped the track and was
wrecked near Clifton park. Cleveland. The
motorman was caught in the front platform
when the body of the car left the truck and
slid off on one side and short circuit was
formed. He was instantly killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

A dispatch from Liverpool says: An
electric express train on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire road, bound from Liverpool
to Southport, collided with an empty
stationary engine, causing the death OF
twenty three persons and the injury OF
many.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Santa Fe Express Train Ditched.

The California express, on the AtchisOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, went into the
ditch at LemOnt, village thirty miles
southwest of Chicago. One man was taken
from the wreckage crushed beyond recog-
milton, three others were injured so severely
that their lives are despaired of and about
twenty others sustained slight injuries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Performer Fatally Hurt at Marion.

At ROwenS park, Marion, Ind, in the
presence of several hundred people, Prof.
r. u. Curry in making a '.Slde for life''
fell to the ground. distance of eighty feet,
and was probably fatally injured. a
wire was attached to the top of hotel and
stretched to the ground, the slide being
made by means of pulley and strap, the
strap being placed about Curry's neck.
Curry had barely started on the slide when
the strap broke and his body dropped to
the ground. Curry was not instantly
Killed, but he was hurt internally and will
probably die. His chest was crushed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

merely a spectacular
advertising a z e II [
alien Scott has
succeeded in king
himself one Of the
most talked-about
men of the year.
The probability is
that Scott really
has a promising
mine which has al
ready yielded him
handsome results
and that if he gets
back to work and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

saved the life OF the
arch bigamist and
convicted wife poi
soner.
Hoch, d enouncinG
law as a fake and
cursing justice, was
preparing for the
march to the gal
lows. W lthln Il
stones throw OF the
death chamber 4
man. hitherto a
e-ronror in the cele-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
INDIAN of 100 shot to Death

The dead body OF Doctor Jim, an In
dian, aged 1O6 years, has been found un-
der the bridge on the Darlington branch
of the Northern Pacific, three miles from
Arlington. Wash, with bullet hole in
the back of his head 1t is evident that
he was murdered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Lightning Kills Five in New York.

During thunderstorm of terrific intens-
fly which passed over New York, five per-
sons were struck by lightning and killed
and many were seriously injured at the
Parkway baths At the same time one
man was killed and three others were pros
trated at Gravesend beach.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Plot Against the Sultan.

Advices from Bucharest, Roumania, say
q plot has been discovered against the sui
tan's life. The reported conspiracy against
the Turkish ruler is said to have been
Matched at Kustemje.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Politician KiIIs Himself,

BENJAMIN Cook. member Of the State
public school board, shot and killed him
self in Owatonna, MINI. His daughter
found him sitting on a blanket covered
Nth blood, a revolver In his hand and
bullet hole through his head. No cause
n known fc- the suicide
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Two Killed in Wreck.

Fast train No. 5, southbound, on the 81
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railroad
was wrecked at Diaz, Ark, by running
into a misplaced switch Two employees
were killed and several persons sustained
Injuries
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Another Massacre Reported.

Kishineff special. An attack on the
Jews in which several We're killed and
wounded, is reported to have occurred at
Ruska Novska New Russia,) probably a
village near Kishineff. The number Of IA
talities has not been established
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

He also tied 500 to
his tail. He says
he did that to show
his sympathy for
t h e unfortunate
creature. His most
sensational feat was
TO hire a train TO
bring him from Los
Angeles. Cal, to
Chicago in Al hours.
80 minutes-a rec
ord-breaking run.
remained there sew
eral DAYS but made
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

A special from Shanghai says: Admiral
Teh, of the Chinese navy, died suddenly al
the Kiangnan arsenal Saturday morning
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

takes care of it he will some day be a
mineral king. but if he keeps up the pace
he has followed during the past month
there will be little left of the property
when he gets through and the fate of
many another got-rich-quick prOspector
will be his. Some. however. hold to the
belief that he is merely acting as adj
vertising agent for a railroad or for min
ing spectators in Death Valley.
Scott himself says he is - years old
and that he used TO be i cowboy with
Buffalo Bills outfit. He claims to have
struck mine in Death Valley which is
inexhaustible. He first flashed upon the
newspaper horizon a few weeks ago,
when he began spending money with a
free hand in the southwestern cities and
picked up a mongrel dog in the streets
about whose neck he tied n 500 bill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
SCOTTY, OF DEATH VALLEY.
The Much-Tail1ed y bout Miner WIZ
Made Sensational Run.

Whether he is simple and ingenious
Funeral mountain miner. with gold
property worth millions upon millions. or
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

The principal who will discuss and arrange the
upon which Japan and Russia shall cease hosites
grouped illustration in which also is shown the
building in the Portsmouth (N. H yard in which the
Observation-Disclosures will meet Baron Joturo Komura is the
minister of foreign affairs of Japan He educated at
Harvard University has served special envoy to PeKn
and also has Korea More recently he
minister the Mikao at Washington and St Petersburg
Sergius Juewitch Wite has been president of the Rus
sian committee of ministers 1903 and at the head
railway department and in 1892 was minister or
communication He opposed to the and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
5{lsaHr1'E''0gzDea
@ziIIIsslEl -
GOSSIP

According to a careful estimate
made by the Department of Agricui-
ture, a loss Of $7O0,O0O,OOO is caused to
American farmers every year 10y in
sects. The losses on plant products Of
the soil, both in their growing and In
their stored state. exceed the entire
expenditures of TIE national govern
ment. including the pension roll and
the maintenance of the army and
navy. After giving Il long list Of &c
structive pests the department says:
Wheat suffers most from insect dep
relations. The Hessian fly. the chiacn
bug and the grain plant louise work
annual havoc amounting to > per cent
of the crop. The Hessian fly is dis
tinctly a wheat pest. inflicting dam
age in Indiana and Illinois alone last
year of S24,000.000. Twenty per cent
of the planted area OF Michigan was
abandoned because Of it and the loss
in the United States during a single
season has been estimated at 100000
Coo"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
HOCH GETS REPRiEVE.
BiEamist and Convicted Wife-Slayer
Saved by Money.

Six hundred dollars III cash loosened
the hangman's moose from the neck Of
Johann Hoch in Chicago Friday and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

DR. Theodore s. Palmer Of the gov
ernment's biological survey is the
guardian Of all the game OF the Unit
ed States. He knows every quail COW
ert in the country; he can number the
herds Of elk in the Western mountains.
and he knows every runway of the
deer of the AdirOndackS. This physi-
cian-naturalist provides for the pro-
lection of the game in Uncle Sans
preserves. and sees TO it that the
poacher shall not escape punishment.
The doctrine of states rights bars gov
eminent action in the matter of law
making for any sections of the country
save territories. the national parks and
the forest reserves. but this fact does
not prevent DR.. Palmer from being the
adviser in chief of nearly every body
of legislators in the land when the
game laws stand in need of revision.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

is noted student of finance and economy KogOro Tax
Japanese minister Washington since 1900
that time he had been attche of the legation and
general New York He entered the diplomatic
in 1876 and minister Italy and the Neither
lands and ambassador at Vienna Baron Roman Romano
witch Rosen recently appointed Russian ambassador
United in succession Count CaSSni He
was minister Toxic when the broke out. and was
consul general at New York from 1889 until 1894 He
speaks several languages and in addition
accomplished scholar and musician.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

Representatives of the State Depart
ment. the Department of Justice, and
the immigration Bureau. whom the
President appointed TO recommend
changes in the laws relative TO natur-
alization, are reported 10 have decided
to recommend several most important
amendments of the law. They Will
propose, it is said. that naturalization
be granted by the higher courts only.
instead of by any court of record; that
the requirements for applicants for
citizenship shall be uniform through
out the country; and that the certif-
Gates shall be also uniform and printed
on distinctive paper Other changes,
designed to give greater publicity To
applications for naturalization. to give
longer notice before an application is
acted upon. TO allow the government
to be represented. to prohibit naturali-
zation just before an election. and
similar safeguards of citizenship are
under consideration.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

John Hyde. chief of the bureau OF
statistics in the Department of Agricul-
ture, resigned, declaring that the cot
ton growers had organized to force
him out of the department and that
his health was too poor to enable him
to continue the struggle. Secretary
Wilson said that Mr.. Hyde has not
been implicated in any manner in the
irregularities that resulted in the dis
missal of Edwin S. Holmes. the asso-
ciate statistician, charged with being
guilty of giving TO brokers advance
figures of cotton crop statistics.
Hyde's letter of resignation was al
most sensational.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03

There is brewing the biggest kind
of a scandal that Will perhaps insinu-
ate itself into the navy. war and in
terror departments because Of the way
persons are committed to the St Eliz-
abeth Home as insane without hav-
ing been so adjudged by a court OF
competent jurisdiction. 1t has been
the habit in the Army and Navy De
partments to commit persons there
who were supposed to be insane. This
was done on the certificate of the
army and navy surgeons, none of
whom has qualified as an expert on
mental diseases. Thousands, it was
asserted. have thus been committed in
like manner from the soldiers homes
throughout the union. In the latter
case it is alleged that the institution
collects the pensions averaging $50
per month per person and collected be
sides from the government $50 per per
son for the keep Of the inmates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03


The War Department has invited
bids for the building Of more than
twelve hundred miles of railroads in
the Philippine Islands. The bidders
must be citizens or corporations OF
the United States or the Philippines.
Eight hundred and thirty-three miles
of the railroads will be in the Island
of Luzon. The right to operate tele-
graph lines along the routes will be
reserved by the government
President Roosevelt has directed
milder and more discriminating en-
forcement Of the Chinese exclusion
act, to the end that Chinese who are
not of the prohibited classes NAV re-
ceive as courteous treatment as the
| citizens Of other nations. Resentment
in China against the United States be-
cause of this act and the methods of
its enforcement is taking the form of
an organized boycott in Chinese cities
against American goods.
About 100 years more will be re-
quired to complete the work of making
Typographical map Of the country,
which was begun 10y the United States
government in 1882. The work is
being carried on in cooperation with
the States, New York, for example,
having appropriated annually $4,000
to $25, 900 as its share. There never
has been typographical map of the
United States published other than
rough sketches. For that reason the
government work will be one of the
largest ever made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
FOREIGN.

Great Britain will send its channel
naval fleet 10 maneuver in the Baltic.
Commissioner Sargent reports the Jap
anese are leaving Hawaii. causing IA bad
labor famine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
DO NOT Suppress COUCH.

When you have y cough do not try to
suppress 1t, but remove the cause.
The cough is symptom OF some d.
sease, and the disease Is what you
should cure; then the. cough will stop
OF itself. The most common cause Of
coughing is cold. Anodynes Will
promptly suppress the cough, and prep
aratiors containing chloroform. opium,
etc., are used for that purpose, but they
do not cure tho cold. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, on the other hand,
does net suppress the cough, but re.
lieves 1t by removing from the throat
and lungs the mucus which ohstructed
the breathing. and allayinR tho irrita-
ton and tickling In the throat. 1t Also
opens the secretions and ehectuaIly
and permanently cures the cold. as well
a. the cough. For sale by Jos. s. CLAW
erie, Druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
NOTICE

To Iurpentine Operators OF Taa'
gipabo. Washington and st.
Tammany Pariahcs:
You are hereby called 10 meet
IN convention at the Courthouse 10
Covington, La, on Saturday. Jan.
a, u 4 r. NJ, sharp. to discuss
the future turpentine business. and
bring about q more friendly ALI.
ance between operators and labor
ers, aud everything else that wall
rebound to the benefit of :urpsn
tine manufacturers.
Respectfully,
WARREN THOMAS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
BENT HER DOUBLE.

II knew no one for four weeks, when
I was sick with typhoid and kidney
trouble" writes Mrs. Annie Hunter. OF
Pittsburg, Pa. "and WHEN got better.
although had one of the best doctors
I could get. was bent double, and had
to rest my hands on my knees when l
walked. From this terrible affliction l
was rescued by FL ctric Bitters, which
restored my health and strength, and
now can walk as straight as ever
They are simply wonderful" Guaran-
teed to cure stomach, liver and kidney
disorders; at J. L. Watkins City Drug
Store and Jos. s. Clayerie, Druggist;
price soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

Total ..tl,76s 20----
Bal. Jan. !, 1905. .$4,82l "a
The total actual receipts for the
quarter ending Dec. 81, 1904.
amounting to $5,62s.s4, was appor-
toned to the various ward funds
g per the following table:
Table No. /,
Showing the apportionment OF
funds Of each for quarter ending
Dec. 81, 1904.
Total number of educable chi.
dren in the parish, viz, 1868. d.
vided into the gross receipts for
the quarter, viz, IS, 81 gives the
rate per child. which Is $l.45 2-5
per child; the rate per child mul.
tiplied By the number of children
inward gives the amount of reve.
npes for that ward tor the quarter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
LICENSE Ordinance /

LICENSE ORDINANCE.
| 1. Be it ordained BY the Police Jur,
Of the Parish OF st. Tammany, Louisi
ana, That q license be and Is hereby
levied for the year 1906. upon each per
son, corporation, firm or association
pursuing any occupation business Of
calling In this parish which Is subjec,
TO State license.
2. Be It further ordained, etc., tina,
the amount Of license due this parish
for each trade. occupation, business OF
calling carried on or conducted in this
parish, subject TO license. is hereby
fixed at the same as Is now levied and
collected by the State for such trade,
occupation, business or calling In this
parish.
8 Be it further ordained, etc.. That
the licenses due this parish shall be and
are hereby due and collectable at the
same tim and in the same manner as
licenses due the State; and in the event
the same are not paid when due. it is
ordered that the Tax Collector report
The same to his attorney, who IS hereby
authorized ami Instructed to forthwith
institute legal proceedings to enforce
| the payment Of the same.
TER CAPITA TAX.
l. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
OF ST. 1ammany Parish, That besides
| the two-mill tax set aside for public
road purposes, there is hereby levied
for the year l9O5-a per capita tax OF
| 81 upon each male innabitant of the
parish between the ages of Is and So
years, except parties who live in cities
aid towns that keep up their own
streets; this tax to be collected as pro-
vlded by law, aud to be paid by the 31st
Of December, 1905, and each year there.
after; and that any person failing to pay
mis- per capita tax as above levied shall
oe fined in the sum Vt not less than &5
nor more han SIS, aud In Default Vt
i, Lle payment Of the fine and costs, he
shall be sentenced to work ON tue pub
lie road for period Of time not to ex-
coed 30 days, at the discretion Of the
: Court.
2. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
. said prosecution shall be conducted be-
/, fore the Dis rict Court.
GEO. KoEPp, JR., President.
W. G kESTzEL, Secretary.
js2l-5t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
District. Meeting Of As.
SCISSORS Called.

Baton Rouge, Jan. 1l.-Governo,
Blanchard has srraDged TOR meet
iDgs in various sections of the State
OF the tax assessors Of the country
parishes These meetinQs will be
held on the same day. Monday,
Jan. 30, and will have for their oh.
ject cooperative work on the par,
Of the assessors IN the matter Of
promoting uniform and equitable
assessments.
A letter was to-day sent out from
the Executive Department to each
Of the assessors Of the country pal.
ishes acquainting them OF the plans
and. purposes Of the Governor.
This letter explains the call for the
meetings. 1t says:
1.-THE Governor 10 Of the opinion
that the best method Of achieving
satisfactory aud equitable results
and uniformity in the matter Of
making assessments Of property foI
the purpose Of State and parocbial
taxation is to promote cooperation
between the various parish assess.
Ors OF the State.
HE has long had in mind plan
70 have the assessors Of the differ.
ent sections Of the state meet At se.
Iected places and discuss the ques
ton Of settlement in all its phases
..fie feels that the way to obtain
the hes: reeu.ts would be for the
assessors to have an interchange Of
idexs snd experiences in the matter
Of providing uniform and proper
assessments.
1.-THE Governor looks upon the
plan Of having these meetings ae
entirely practicable. He believes
that they will tend 70 the protection
Of both the tax payer and the COM
monwealth.'
The letter concludes with call
for the meetings. and presents the
names OF temporary chairmen. who
arc to preside until presiding OIL
GERS aro chosen BY the assessors
present.
The assessors Of Tangipshoa.
Washington, st I'amnany, St Hell
eua and Livingston will meet 1t
Amite City, with Assessor John
Puleston, OF Tangipahoa, as tenn
norarv chairman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
NOTICE

The public is hereby warned not
to buy or negotiate for five shares
of the stock of the Covingtoo Grain
and Grocery Company, Ltd, of
Covington, La certificate number
being /, as the same is owned by
me, has been lost or mlslaid, and
application has been made to the
Company for duplicate.
BICKHAM-MAGEE CO., Ltd.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

s.. Tammany.
By virtue Of an order Of sale
from the honorable the aforesaid
court and to me directed, bearing date
January 2, 1906
/ will proceed to sell at public auction
at the front door Of the Courthouse,
In the town Of Covingfon. Louisiana,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1906, between
legal sale hours the following described
property, situated in the Parish OF st.
Tammany, this State, to-wit:
LIST. A portion of ground lying and
being situated in the town of New
Covington, st. Tammany Parish, State
of Louisiana, in square No. 1901,
bounded by Jefferson and Madison
streets and 18th aud 18th avenues, con.
sisting of lots Nos. 4, 5, 6 and Z, and
half of lots 3 and 8, with dwelling. barn
and outhouses, said portion of ground
measuring one hundred and fifty feet
front on Nineteenth avenue by a depth
of three hundred feet between parallel
lines.
End. A vacant portion of ground, ad.
joining the above, lying and being stu
ated in the town of New Coyington, st.
Tammany Parish, State of Louisiana,
in square No. 1901, consisting of halt of
lots three and eight and lots j, 2, 8 and
10, bounded by Jefferson and Madison
streets and Eighteenth and Nineteenth
avenues, said portion Of ground meas
uring one hundred and fifty feet front
on Nineteenth avenue, by depth of
three hundred feet, between parallel
lines.
Terms and conditions OF sale arc rs
follows, to wit:-One third or more
cash and the balance, If any, on credit
Of one ana two years. at the option
Of the purchaser; the credit portion Of
said sale to be evidenced by notes of
the purchaser to his own order and ny
him endorsed, bearing eight per cent
interest per anDum from date Of adjndi-
cation until paid, secured by special
mortgage and vendors lien and priyi
lege on the property sold, with the
pact non alienand0. and all the usual
security clauses, five per cent attorneys
fees, In the event Of suit, said property
to be insured by the purchaser and the
policy to be transferred to the holder
Of the notes.
ja7-6t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
BOUGHT cHaMsfBlA,n'S couCR REMEDY AND
SENT IT TO FRIENDS.

Mr. F. W. ]. Fletcher, . druggist In
Victoria, Australia; says: IA customer
Of mine was SO pleased with Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, which she had
used for her children when suffering
from colds and Group. that during q
fortright's time she obtained at my
shop nine bottles, which she sent to her
friend In different parts of the State,
telling them how much good 1t bad
done, and advising them to give It q
trial." For sale BY Jos. s. Claverie,
Druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

The inventory of the estate of
the late David Glover, of Slidell,
shows valuation of $l55,O52.29.
The largest item was stocks, con.
sisting of $4,000. His life in.
surance policy amounted to $780,
600, and real estate amounted to
$4,000.