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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
WASHINGTON.

United States Consul General Frank
III. Mason will be transferred to Paris
after March 4, succeeding Consul Gen
eral Gowdy, and will be succeeded in
Berlin by Lewis j. Grifiths of Indian
apolis. President Roosevelt has decided
that Mr.. Tower shall remain ambassa-
dor to Germany during his term.
George b. Cortelyou, chairman of the
Republican national committee, and Mrs.
Cortelyou have left for a seven weeks
trip to southern Europe. Mr.. Cortelyou
expects to return to Washington in time
for the Inauguration of President Roose-
welt and will enter upon his duties as
Postmaster General Immediately there
after.
The so-called poison squad" consist
ing of clerks in the Department of Agri-
culture who have volunteered for service
in carrying out the food preservative and
coloring matter experiments of DIR. Wi
lev, are about to continue the expert
ments until March, probably, as to the
effects of artificial c~oloring of food on
the system.
In a bitter attack on various features
Of the homestead laws before the Ameri-
can Forest Congress. George p. Emer-
son, a lumberman of Hoquiam, Wash,
declared the government. and not the set
tiers, should be Investigated for the con-
dition of affairs in the timber lands of
the Northwest. He said the timber act
had been framed in the interest of land
grabbers, while "stiH more ridiculous and
criminally wrong" was the lien law, by
which anyone claiming within a reserve
~relinquished to the government and then
| selected outside land.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
FOREIGN.

1t il reported from Como that eleven
Swiss tourists have been frozen to death
while making an ascension of Mount st.
Bernard.
France and Morocco have settled their
recent misunderstanding and the French
minister at Tangier is proceeding to the
court of the Sultan for an audience.
An encounter between strikers and
Cossacks took place at B~alakhany,
T-ranscaucasia. Six strikers and one Cos
sack were killed and many persons were
wounded.
The Gar, after a council with his min
listers. has decided that the war must
be carried on with renewed energy and
| that Russia will send 100000 fresh men
| to Kuropatkin's aid as soon as possible,
The loss of Port Arthur is causing
much muttering against the government
in Russia, and 1t is intimated that a
| crisis may be approaching. In Moscow
| a. crowd stoned the palace of Grand
Duke Sergius.
That the dowager empress of China
has been converted to Christianity and
| Christian Science through the influence
Of Minister q. n. Conger and his wife,
who have been almost eight years at
| Pekin, is the claim made by relatives OF
the minister who recently have received
letters from him direct from Pekin-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Wulie's Idea of II.

When Willie came home the other
night he was more convinced of The
uselessness of schools than he ever
was before. Asked the nature of his
latest trouble. he explained that
postpone" had been one of the words
in the spelling lesson of the day. The
teacher had directed the pupils to
write a sentence in which the special
word should appear.
Along with others, Willie announced
that he didn't know the meaning Of
the word, and so could not use it in a
sentence. The teacher explained that
it meant to put off," and encouraged
the youngsters to try. Willie's thoughts
were on %pleasanter things than school,
and his made to order sentence was:
Boys postpone their clothes when
they go bathing"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
WESTERN

Bishop John J.. Spaulding of the Rom
an Catholic diocese of Peoria has been
stricken with paralysis and Tow is seri-
ously i'll.
l. Theodore Thomas. director of the Chi
cago orchestra. died at his home in that
city Wednesday morning, of pneumonia.
aged 60 years.
Alya Adams has been declared Gov
ernor of Colorado by the Legislature,
which found his majority over Governor
Peabody was 9.774.
James Gillespie was convicted at Ris-
ing Sun. Ind, of the murder of his twin
sister and subsequently was sentenced
to life imprisonment
II. o. Barber, vice president of the
wrecked Commercial Bank at Cambridge,
years in the penitentiary.
Governor Durbin, of Indian ma, in his
message to the Legislature, declared the
State reeks with political corruption and
urges a crusade for purity.
Otto Schnurrer. editor of the Ohio
W~aisenfreund and a recognized writer
on Catholic Church subjects, was found
dead in his room at the J~osephinum in
Columbus.
Thomas X. Niedringhaus of st. Louis,
chairman of the Republican State CEN
tral committee, was nominated for Unit
ed States Senator to succeed Senator
Cockrell by the Republican legislative
caucus.
1t is reported that Captain Streeler,
who was recently released from Joliet
prison, had sold his Lake Michigan dis
trict in Chicago to j. Ben Birdsell of
South Bend, Ind. for several thousand
dollars.
Mayor III. II. Bartling, of Nebraska
City, Neb., dropped dead in his place
of business as a result of heart failure.
He was at the head of the Bartling
| Grain Company and a pioneer of city
and State.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska has
declared unconstitutional the beet
bounty law enacted at the legislative
session of 1895, which provided a bounty
on sugar manufactured from Nebraska
grown beets.
Tom Bradley of Marquisville died al
the Mercy hospital in Des Moines of a
severe abdominal wound inflicted by q
penknife and Beverly Walker, his assail
ant, II held in the county Jail on the
] charge Of murder.
An engine ON the Duluth, Missabe and
I Northern road, in charge of Swan Ander
son In Duluth, ran down and almost
instantly killed Anderson's nephew
julius Berg, aged II years., who was Wis
ting him from Michigan.
Using an atomizer filled with carbolit
acid as an instrument of vengeance or
Charles w. Corcoran, who married his
schoolday sweetheart, Earl e. Thayer Of
Chicago sprayed the fluid in the hus
bands face, ~disfguring him for life-
John Phillips, aged 33, shot and killed
Ruth Phillips, aged 16, Of VII ginia
Minr. The murderer and his victim
were distantly related Phillips was IL
' lore with the girl, but she did not re
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
I~eieEraphfc Information Gathered
BY the Few for the Enlixhtenment
Of the Many.
CHASTITY Find in Louisiana.

While building a gravel walk at his
place at Independence, La, j. B. CASTOR
discovered twenty-nine human skeletons,
supposed to be the remains of the men of
DeSOtO's expedition who were killed by
the Indians. In one hole nineteen skele-
tons were found, and nearly all the others
were found intact except the skulls, which
were severed. The positions in which the
skeletons were discovered indicated that
the men had been massacred and buried in
a heap as FIVE skulls were found together.
A history of Independence shows hat a
party of DeSoto's men, enroute from Mo-
bile to Natchez were attacked and muir
dered by the Indians and the bodies con-
ceaied.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Tn the National Capital.


All thought of railroad legislation at
this session is abandoned.
The Supreme Court decides that a
| West Point cadet is no army officer.
Bill introduced favors reducing naval
! cost and subsidy for the merchant ma
rine.
The arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and the United States has been
signed.
The United States Supreme Court ad-
journed until Jan. 3. for the Christmas
holidays.
Various measures have been introduced
in Congress for federal control Of cor
porations.
Porto Rico is to have a system Of civil
service similar to that now in force in
the Philippines.
Attorney General Moody. in brief in
Supreme Court, charged Chicago pack
ers with conspiracy.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong of the
Treasury Department denied reports that
he intended to resign
Resolution introduced in Senate TO in
quire into Lawson's and Parker's stories
of election corruption.
Representative Sterling introduced a
bill providing for the construction Of q
public building at Pontiac, Ill, to cost
100000.
The merchant marine commission is
| fighting the steel tariff schedule, claim
ing that the c~heapness of the American
| product abroad kills shipbuilding.
Senator Platt of New York presented
to the Senate a petition asking that pro-
| vision be made for the collection of sta
| tistics relating to marriage and divorces.
A bill has been proposed in Congress
giving interstate IN commission
power to fix freight rates on complaint,
! rates to stand pending appeal to Supreme
Court.
Senator Stewart introduced a bill to
| Fix the salaries of the President at $780,
900, the Vice President and Speaker of
the House of Representatives at $780,
QUO each, and each Senator. Representa-
tive and delegate at $4,000.
Negotiations are being pressed looking
| for the reconvening of the joint high
| commission representing the United
| States and Great Britain to consider
| Canadian reciprocity.
The War Department announced that
| IT had named the various seacoast bat
| teries after officers who had distinguish
ed themselves in the revolution and other
wars of the country.
Secretary Hays report on the natural
! szation of aliens, laid before Congress,
\ shows that during the calendar year Of
l 1o02 fho State Dppa rfmenf issuad IA /.
III passports Mr.. Hay recommends
hat the law should restrict ~naturaliza-
! don to certain courtk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Mail Train Wrecked.

The Pennsylvania lines suffered heavy
property loss and many persons had re-
markable escapes from death andinjury by
the wrecking of the fast mail at Sugar
Greek, seven miles east of Wooster, Ohio.
The train was running at a high rate of
speed. Postal clerks and express messen-
gers were hurried about the cars, passen-
gers in two Pullmans were jerked from
their berths and Frank Johnson, engineer,
Ben Avon, Pa; FL. c.. Storck, fireman, AL
legheny, Pa, were hurled under the en-
CINE. All escaped serious injury. One
engine, two express cars and three mail
ears were wrecked.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Struck a Big Gas Well.

Prospectors for oil at Smithville, near
Bloomington, Ind, struck a strong flow of
gas that shot into the air over fifty feet.
The well is owned by a Cincinnati firm,
which has leases on over 200 acres of land
In that section. The search for oil will be
continued
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
None Left Over.

Clubberly-What did your wife say
when you got in this morning?
Leightman-She said she wouldn't
waste any words on me.
Clubberly-Ah, you we're lucky.
Leightman-Not much. She didn't
waste any, for 1 believe she used
every one she could think. of.-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
seventy-fve Freeze To Death.

A dispatch from Berlin says: The eastern
Prussian provinces have been undergoing
the greatest suffering from intense cold.
Since January 5 the thermometer has stood
almost constantly at twenty degrees below
zero. Seventy-fye have been frozen to
death
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Gas EXPLOSION att Muncie.

Escaping gas filled the tw~o-storv resi-
dence of Frank Par s at Muncis, Ind,
and exploded while sons, his wife and
baby were asleep up irs. Mrs. Parsons
died shortly after of b. injuries and Par
son and the baby received probably fatal
injuries and burns. The house was COM
pletely wrecked, the walls falling out.
When the gas exploded Parsons seized his
unconscious wife and heroically struggled
through the flames to a window, where he
laid her down on top of the veranda. He
rescued the baby in a like manner. then
FL IN tod owar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Tornado Sweeps Through Mormon Col
onv in Mexico.

the timber lands of the Mormon colony OF
Chuichupo. in Chihuahua, Mexico, devas-
tating a strip of fine timber and doing
other property damage. No lives were lost.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

Fire at the Atlantic Refining Company,
Philadelphia, Pa, destroyed three large
parafine agitators and several small lubri-
eating oil tanks and storage sheds. The
loss is estimated at more than 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
he Was willing.

ST don't want to speak to you again
about your reckless expenditure Of
money" said the stern parent.
GAIL right, dad" replied the incor-
rigibIe youth. Hereafter it will be up
to you to hand out the coin and say
nothing"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Her Face

lICT VdCC IgCCO1CfTCUs
Tess-Why didn't you speak to her?
She met you with a smile Of reconcilia-
ton on her face.
Jess-Yes, her face was what you
might call ~"reconciled," wasn't It?
Tess-Reconciled?
Jes-Yes, that means made up"
you know.-Philadelphia Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

Judge Lochren in The United States
Circuit Court in ST. Paul made the final
order in a suit which resulted In wind
ing up the affairs of the United States
Flour Mills Company, known as the
flour trust" The court accepts the re-
port of the receivers aud orders their
discharge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Qufckness OF the Human Mind.

In Chopin's 'Etude in e Minor It
is necessary to read $3.50 signs in two
minutes and a half, which is equivalent
to about 26 notes per second.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

Not Quite Clear.
Simkins-Hello, old mani Why are
you going around On crutches?
TimkinsHAutomobile accident
Simkins-You will have to amplify
that statement. 1t leaves one in
doubt as to whether you were blown
I'D or merely run into.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
The Only Kind.

The Only Kind.
Victim-I thought you said that
land was well watered-
Real Estate Agent-So it il.
Vicum-Nonsense. There's no
water there at all except cistern-
Real Estate Agent-Well, what's
that but well NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Public Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

In a fire at his residence, which lasted
but half an hour, Michael A. Shulz of
Lima, Ohio, aged 45, was burned to death
and his wife Mary was Frustrated by the
ahock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

George Koegele, q years old, was caught
between a large belt and pulley at Ohle-
macher's brick plant, near Michigan City,
Ind, where he was engineer, and his head
wa crushed of. He leaves a widow and
ene child.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
louise Michael. Communist and Revo-
~1utionist, Dead.

Paris special: Louise Michael, promi-
nent as a communist and revolutionary
sgitator for the last thirty-fve years, died
In Marseilles, aged Is years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
Daniel Tuigg Again at Large.

Daniel Tuigg, who was brought from
Warsaw, Ind, and placed in Longcliffe
hospital for the insane several weeks ago,
made his escape and all search fer him has
been in vain. 1t is supposed he got away
on a freight train. Tuigg is the man who
shot three men on a Pennsylvania passen-
ger train near Warsaw several months
ago, and he is a dangerous man to be
at large. He seems sane On all subjects
except being under the impression that
enemies are pursuing him for the purpose
of killing him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

Half an hour after the Sunday School
children had left the German Evangelical
Church at Lafayette, Ind, fire broke out in
the basement and swept through the entire
structure. The loss is estimated at 5000,
fullv covered by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12
10000 Barrel Oil Well STRUCK in
Texas.

The coming in Of a 10,OO)-barrel gusher
in the Humble oil field north of Houston,
Texas, is followed by the announcement
that J. NJ. Guffy Petroleum Company will
construct an eight inch pipe line from Bat
son, Texas. oil field to the Humble oil field,
q distance of forty-seven miles, which will
connect that district with the Beaumont
and Port Arthur refineries. The estimated
cost of construction is S550,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-12

Following is, in part, the message OF
Gov. Winfield L. DurLin to the Sixty
fourth General Assembly:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16
Pythian Grand Lodge:

The grand lodge of the Knights Of
Pythias. began it's sessions in Beau
tort last night with an open air con-
cert on the Sea Island Hotel pavilion,
at 1890 p. m.
On Tuesday opening session Of
the grand lodge in the county court
house. with address of welcome by
Intendant c. c. Townsend, address
OF welcome from Lodge No. Fl. by J..
\. Kinghorn, Chancellor Commander,
response by James A. Sommersett,
grand chancellor
Tuesday afternoon excursion on
steamer Clifton around the llarbor,
down to the light ship. stopping at
naval station and Fort Fremont. A
hot supper served on the boat. with
moonlight trip back to Beaufort.
Wednesday night. $50 conference
OF the Knights in the county court
house. in long form, by team from
Won Molkte Lodge, OF Charleston.
There were over 400 Pythian guests
expected to arrive and they have all
been assigned to comfortable quarters
at the hotels. boarding house and pri-
vate residences in the town.
The merchants on Bay street have
determined to decorate their stores
with buntings and. liberal display
OF the cclors Of the order, red yel
low and blue, and will close early. SO
as to give clerks opportunity to join
in the welcome and to attend the in
,eres:ing public proceedings.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16
$4,000 More Nav Walk Out.

Chicago. May I4.-Unless conpro-
mises are offered by all the oppos-
ing interests in the teamsters' strike
now in progress in Chicago, the strike
will spread during the next 4S hours.
The refusal Of the Teamsters' Joint
Council. representing $4,000 Union
drivers. to accede to the demands Of
the Chicago Team Owners associa-
ton. to handle merchandise for ali
business houses having contracts with
the members OF the owners organlza-
ton without. discriminating against
the firms involved in the present
strike. has brought the controversy to
a point where speedy settlement will
have 20 be made to prevent an exten-
sion OF the trouble.
There is a probability. however,
that the whole trouble may be salts.
factorily adjusted without bringing
about such drastic measures. After
receiving the announcement Of the
TeamsterS' Joint council, refusing r.
obey the ultimatum of the Team
Owners association, meeting Of the
owners organization was held and it
was decided to give the teamsters
more time to Consider the question.
At first it was the intention Of the
owners to put their ultimatur into
effect Monday morning, but, believing
that the teamsters could be induced
to change their minds, they were Civ
en- until Tuesday to make final an
swer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16
Disease Knocks Out JeFries.

Chicago. May I4.-James J. JET
fries. champion heavyweight puglisr
of the world, has been knocked out.
Disease accomplished what no human
being was ever able to do. A COM
bnation of rheumatism and malaria
has put the puglist out Of the fight
ing game for all time, according to
Jefr:es, who, cancelling all engage
ments, tonight started for Los An
giles to try to regain his health. In
the future it is Jefferies' intention to
devote his time to seteral mining
claims which he and a brother pos
sess in Arizona.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16

lingworth OF Abbcvile: grand treas
urer. H. Endcl OF Grecnville: grand
representative, !. Marion Davis OF
Ncwbcrry: grand guardian. DR.. Van
Smith. Newberry. Hon. Cole l..
Dlcasc "i Ncwberry. holds over as a
grand representative
The Rcbccca assembly. composed
oi ;hc lady members OF the order, c.
lcc.ed III" following officers for thv
ensuing year: President. Miss Lucy
Jones OF Newbcrry; vice president.
Mrs. Shealy OF Graniteville; grand
warden. Miss Minnie Hunt Of Pelzer:
grand secretary. Miss Annie Bond OF
Charleston.
The convention adjourned to meet
III Greenville. the second Wednesday
in May 1906.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16

can be secured. though. by i1:e:::-:r:
ously and rtcrnalIy advertising =
town at home and abroad-and pof--
ticularlv at home The contidc:,:,- ~
the people in themselves anG rel.
town is the best asset any town eve,
had, and if The secretary of the cEan~
Der of commerce at Sumter can Sue
ceed in building ZIP the confidence OF
the people of Sumter in themselves
and their city all the things he is hop
ing for will be added to him. He will
not need to patronize a clipping btz~
reau
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16
Some New Books.

1t has recently been my good for
tune to read some new books the
reading OF which gave me so much
pleasure that feel that must write
few lines to give expression to that
pleasure with the hope that others
may be induced to read the same
books and to share the pleasure that
| enjoyed. The authors OF these
books are both at this time citizens
OF Newberry though not native born.
Mulberry ought to be proud OF own
ing such men.
The first 81 these books that I
read was "Immortality," by William
L. Seabrook. pastor OF the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church Of the Redeem
er. Newberry. S. c.
The reading of this book gave ms
So much satisfaction. peace and COM
fort that | was sorry when | turned
the last page and saw that I was
through. 1t is a book not to be crit
iczed but to DE read and enjoyed.
This much. however. may be said
that the bad man. the reprobate has
no place i'll il.
After reading this book I felt that
it would be long before | found an
other that could give me equal enjoy
ment in the reading But there was
one then lying on my table which |
read soon after | was through with
Immortality. The title OF that book
is The Four Princes, the Building OF
a Great Empire" These four princes
are Paul, Constantine, Bernard and
Luther 1t is the history in a COM
pact form of the establishment Of the
Christian church. 1t is wonderful
how great writer like a great paint
er can present in one picture a series
OF events covering many years and
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-16

bring them all SO wildly before the
eve. This Mr.. Scherer has done i'll
this book. The author OF The Four
Princes is the Rev. J. \. B. Schcrcr.
Pre$idcn: OF Ncwbcrry college. New
berry. S. c.
This book was read with much
pleasure. cannot say greater than
that with which | read Immortality
have not read Scherers Japan.
John A. Chapman.