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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
NEED TWENTY THOUSAND MEN.


Canadian Northwest Cannot Har-
vest Wheat without Them.
The wheat growers of Manitoba and
Saskatchewan have sent forth a cry to
the older provinces in the Dominion for
men to assist them in harvesting this
years crop of wheat The yield will be
greater than in any previous season. Cou-
Piled with the yield is the increase in acre
age and the farmers do not know where
they will secure sufficient help to harvest
the crop.
The Manitoba government estimates
already in the province will be required
that fully 10000 men in addition to those
already in the province will be required
to care for the crop of wheat. The gov
eminent has undertaken to secure men
from the older provinces, and agents dave
been placed in the larger cities with in
structions to secure men and forward
them to Winnipeg, from which point they
will be distributed to the grain centers.
The general prosperity of the country,
which insures work for everyone; the
heavy demand for laborers in western
Canada and in our own Western States.
and the usual demand for extra men at
this season of the year for the gathering
of the crops, have resulted in an unusual
shortage of farm help.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
A PLAGUE OF LocUsTs.


Myrfads of Them Laying Waste the
Harvest Fields of hungary.
Myrisds of locusts are devastating the
country in the neighborhood of Debrec-
Yin, Hungary.
They are sweeping through the LAND,
eating every green thing they find in their
path. The crops on 10000 acres have al
ready been consumed, so that the ground
is quite bare and the authorities are help
less to stay the advance CT the insects.
All sorts of desperate means are being
tried without avail to keep back the in
yading host. Fires have been lighted, but
the locusts swarm into the flames until
they are extinguished and the survivors
continue their march unimpeded.
Twelve steam rollers are being used at
one place, and roller brooms are sweeping
up the dead bodies of the crushed insects.
But no apparent progress is made. The
locusts cover the earth in many places
to the depth of several inches, and defy
humiliation.
To make matters worse, storm has
carried clouds OF them over the River
Thesis, and they have devoured practi-
cally all the corn, which was standing in
sheaves. What is left is worthless, as ami
mails refuse to touch it owing to its Pc
culiar smell.
The plague first appeared last year,
when force of 600 men was organized
to destroy the locusts. This year the po-
sition of affairs is much worse, and many
farmers are threatened with ruin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The Indiana State board of health has
iecreed that kissing between children in
the schools should be barred.
Sam Miles, aged 10, of Tell City was
shot by his own gun, the entire load en-
tering his leg His recovery reccssiiates
the amputation of the wounded limb.
The 3-year-old son OF John Michalski
of Jackson township is dead and Nichal-
ski and his wife are dangerously III as
the result of eating what they supposed
were mushrooms but in reality were toad
stools.
A large display of the pearls taken
from the Wabash river is being made BY
w. d. Burd. dealer, in show window
at his home in Vincennes which is at
tracing unusual attention Collectively
the assortment is worth 100000.
Leo Young. aged 10, arrested in Evans
vile for burglary, confessed to the police
and said he conceived the idea of being
burglar by seeing moving pictures in
show representing how train robbers
worked.
William Painter, farmer in Parke
county. died Of hydrophobia from cat
bite. In moment of consciousness be-
fore the final convulsion he caused his at
tendants to tie him in the bed for fear
he would do some one harm in his sfrug-
giles. The death convulsion was SO strong
that he tore the bed in pieces. but hurt
no one.
While sitting at the dinner table ridi-
culing his wife because she covered up
hos g.. l.. n
electrical display during storm at
Hartford City. William Fenner, farmer.
age1 40. was struck and instantly killed
by bolt of lightning.
At big family reunion in honor of
Mrs. William Weisse's birthday annfver-
sary. Role. the 15-year-old SON of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bernard. was drowned In
the Wabash river. nine miles above Vim
cennes. Several boys slipped off from the
house and went down to enjoy swim
after dark. The boys thought they knew
the river well enough. but Bernard, it, is
believed, venfuied out too far.
As result of craving for fire Mrs.
III. f. Denslow. demented. was burned TO
death. DIR. H. F. Denslow and Mrs. Eu-
gene Balfour were probably fatally burn
ed and Mrs. G. Z. Hunt and child were
seriously burned in South Bend Mrs.
Denslow. taking advantage of tempo
rary release from her husbands watch
fulness. poured gasoline on the parlor
carpet and applied a match. She was at
once enveloped in flames The Others
were burned while trying to rescue the
burning woman.
The Wabash railway station at Lake
vile was entered by burglars. The safe
was forced by nitroglycerin and $45 va
taken. 49,, Ss&1al
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
THREW BABE BEFORE HOUNDS.
Inhuman Parent Pursued by Posse
Sacrifices His Child.

A story of the inhuman treatment Of
baby by its father is brought from Smith
field, Ohio. Some weeks ago Rely Ice,
who was suspected of a robbery, left the
county, but his wife furnished the police
with information as to his whereabouts.
Ice returned and after severely beating
her, seized his S-weeks-old baby and wrap
ping it in his coat threw it before the
hounds that were trailing them. Neigh
bors arrived in time to prevent it being
torn to pieces. Ice is still at large.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Call for Volunteers in Cuba.

President Palma has officially called
for volunteers to compose a natio al
militia of infantry and cavalry and to
cooperate with the Government forces
under the command OF the chief of the
rural guards The pay Of chiefs of
battalions and regiments will be 500 q
month, adjutants S125 a month, cap
tains 500 month, and soldiers 50 a
day All Volunteers disa oled will re.
ceive full pay during the l,eriod of dis
turbance and in the event Of their
death the money will go to their de.
pendent heirs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

I I,IIIEdTII Tule1lSs III cOln1ltfCe feIeCl
sustained progress, season
able stimulus appearing in manufact-
ures and distribution of necessaries.
Aside from exciting conditions in pig
iron, other leading industries find de-
mands we'll sustained, heavy construc-
ton and transportation show augmen-
tation, while dealings in the staples
steadily expand and furnish excep-
tional activity among jobbing branches
in fall and winter goods. Fire wealth
er and an enormous influx of visitors
have brought a gratifying increase of
business to State street Money circu-
lates freely, trading defaults are small,
and the purchasing power of the peo-
pie makes rablescomparison with
former periods. Advices from the trib-
utary territory point to the strong f.
nancal position of the agricultural in
terests, and wholesome influence noted
in enlarged country store operations.
depleted stocks of merchandise. An
other strengthening element is expand
ed deposits Of country banks and abil-
ity to take care of crop moving needs
to greater extent than heretofore.
The markets for grain and provisions
present lower average of values and
lessened demands, but this is not sur
prising in view of the plenteous sup
plies. In other branches of activity
conditions maintain much strength. De-
mands for finished products of the mills
and factories show equal absorption.
and this involves additional pressure
upon facilities. Railroads order not
only liberal tonnage of rails, but also
much required rolling stock and mis-
cellaneous material.
Bank clearings, S200,475,62S, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905 by
11.2 per cent.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number %. against "a last week and
80 year ago-Dun's Review Of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Abundant crops and an
.Ulh. oversold steel industry en-
gender sentiments Of conf
| New York.

eCHutl VI Iolili-
dence that make the outlook bright for
continuance of present prosperous
business conditions. Each week brings
new high water mark in some de-
partment, and the net result is uni
formly better than for the correspond
ing week in any previous year. The
weather has favored both crops and
the distribution of merchandise, while
the latter is increased by seasonable
bargain sales. Despite unprecedented
preparations for business by liberal
purchase of rolling stock, the railways
are facing serious traffic blockade
that cannot be avoided when the crops
begin to move freely. Earnings thus
far reported for August were III per
cent larger than last year. No relief
appears as to the supply Of labor, pro-
duction being reduced in come cases
where consumers are most urgent. Fall
dry goods jobbing trade broadens, cloth
ing manufacturers make heavy ship
ments and the leading industries are
usually supplied with orders assuring
active machinery well into next year.
July foreign commerce for the whole
country far surpassed the same month
in any previous yelr, especially as to
imports, which were close to the larg-
est in any previous month. and at this
port alone for the last week there were
gains of $5.S91, 46S in imports and ST.
5l9,S33 in exports as compared with the
same week In 1905.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
F1FTY-E1GHr SLAIN IN A WEEK.
Officials Murdered by Wholesale and
Fifty Bomb Depots Discovered.

Statistics for seven days show that
fifts EIGHT officials were murdered and for
ty-shree wounded in Russia proper, that
fifty bomb depots were discovered, that
six safes were rifed of money and that
sixty-three persons were robbed. These
official figures do not take into account
the pillaging in the country, nor do they
give the number of military executions or
arrests of agitators and revolutionists.
and there are no reports showing the num-
Der of persons sent into exile. The st.
Petersburg Gazette says that $500 per-
sons were banished in one day from st.
Petersburg alone, and that $50 were plac-
ed on trains bound for the interior. Pre-
feet of Police Won Launitz has declared
his intention of clearing the capital of all
"vagabonds-" The police of st. Peters
burg are being trained in the handling of
rapid-6re guns at an arms factory outside
of st. Petersburg. a detachment of po-
lice is sent there daily for training.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Root to Pnn-American Congre

Root to Fnn-Amerfcan congress.
Secretary of State Root addressed the
Pan-American congress at Rio de Janeiro,
with message of good-fellowship and CO..
operation, which created most favorable
impression. He said American nations
should aid each other, but that the United
States coveted no territory. He compli-
mented Latin America on its progress to-
ward stable government. He declared thar
we wished no victories but those of peace,
and no sovereignty except sovereignty over
ourselves. No rights were claimed which
we would not freely concede to every 9TH
er American republic. He declared tat
the coming worlds congress at The
Hague, at which all American countries
would be represented. would be 1.-THE for
NAL and final acceptance of the ceclara-
ton that no part of the American conti-
nent is to be deemed subject to coloniza-
ton"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Fire broke cut In the large elevator
at Belmore, Ohio, and it was burned
to the ground. The elevator was owned
by Churchill Company of Toledo, and
was considered the largest elevator in
the state. At the time of the fire the
elevator contained $4,000 bushels Of
oats, $50 bushels of wheat and $50
bushels of corn. The elevator was
valued at $4,000. and the cob mill was
valued at $1,000, making a loss of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, which was
partially covered by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Death came tragically to Caspar Mus
selman, 10 years old, student at Lehigh
University, Allentown, Pa. Musselman
spent his vacation playing as catcher for
the Catasauqua baseball team. In the
game with the Phillipsburg nine at Nus
selman's turn at bat in the fourth inning
he was struck over the heart by terrific
inshoot. He started to run, but fell I'M
conscious six feet off first base. After a
few gasps he expired.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

While funeral procession of six
carriages was proceeding In East
105th street, Cleveland, Ohio, on the
way to cemetery, south bound car
crashed into the front carriage con-
tanning the body of an infant. Five
members of the funeral party were
hurt, Michael j. Lutheran was proba-
bly, fatally io1s.red.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Kills Husband and Child.

A special from Piggott. Ark, says:
Suddenly becoming insane, Mrs. Frank
Polsgrove, wife of well-known farm
er of the St Francis neighborhood,
killed her husband and 4-year-old child
with an axe and fatally wounded her
two other children, boy of Is years
and a girl of Z.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The SECRETARY of the Interior has or
dered the withdrawal of all forms of en-
try of 529,92S acres Of land in southwest
ern Colorado for the proposed San Miguel
forest reserve. The tract is located In
San Miguel and Dolores counties and in
cIudes . part of the San Miguel plateau
and the San Miguel mountains and is
about thirty-six miles from Telluride.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Failure to Enter DEGREES Discovered


Discovery was made the other day by
investigators for the United States census
bureau who ere looking up divorce sta
tistics in New York City that many Of
the divorce decisions in the old court OF
common pleas are imperative because no
decree has been entered upon the records.
In hundreds of cases in which the court
has ordered that DEGREES of div Jrce or sep
aration should issue the order Tor judg-
ment has not been submitted to the court
by counsel for the successful party. Thus
no final order could issue. 1t is believed
that in many such cases the parties to the
divorce have been married again. 1t Is
stated that such marriages are void and
can only be legalized by action of the
Legislature and that much confusion and
inconvenience to the interested parties is
certain to ensue. The court of common
pleas is no longer in existence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

More than 5000 Persians have taken
refuge in the British legation at Teheran
fearing Turkish persecution during the
absence of the high clergy. The priests
who left the city, after holding quiet
reform meeting, are now at Kun, eighty
miles southwest of Teheran, a place Of
pilgrimage The people demand the dis
missal of the grand vizier, the retvfn Of
the priests and the codifcati,s o. the
laws
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
RAIN FLOODS KANSAS CITY.
Residents of little Italy" Have to
Be Rescued by Police.

A terrific rainstorm prevailed in Kansas
City and vicinity the other day, causing
serious damage. In Kansas City 900
inches of water fell, record for the time.
three hours and half. Low lying lands
were flooded and the police and fire de-
partments were called upon to rescue per-
sons from Easements in Little Italy, in
the north end of town, and in the east
and west bottoms. where the water en-
tered many small houses. Several down.
town easements We're flooded and goods
damaged. Trees were stripped of their
foliage and hundreds of sparrows were
killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
LABOR FAMINE IN NORTHWEST.

Loudly Call for Help.
Scarcity of labor is the cry all over
the Northwest from the head of the lakes
to the wheat fields of the Dakotas, where
the demand has reached a critical stage
In many cases the farmers are Offering
from $3.50 to So per day and board and
have not more than 30 per cent Of the la
Dor they require. The same conditions
are being experienced ih all lines of in
dustry, including the railroads, contrac-
tors and miners both on the range and
in the copper country. The labor famine
in the Northwest is pronounced the worst
in the history of the section.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Brigadier General j. V. Cousins of the
Minneapolis Salvation Army issued a
statement showing that 10000 immigrants
had been sent from this country to Can
ada during the past eight months by the
Salvation Army. The officers at Winni-
peg say they have 500 orders from farm
ers for men which they can not supply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
One Lynched. Another Saved.

While the Polk County authorities were
bringing Will Lawrence, a negro, to Tam
pa, Fla, to prevent him from being
lynched. an Infatuated mob at Mulberry,
in Polk County, hanged John Bapes, a
negro, and riddled his body with bullets.
Bapes attempted to kill Captain Hughes,
a prominent white citizen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Wants His Money Back.

Charles w.. Spalding of Chicago, the
former Globe Savings Bank president who
served term in the penitentiary for en-
bezzlement, has fled a bill for accounting
with the University of Illinois, claiming
that he turned over to the trustees prop
erty valued at $4,000 when he only
owed S231 1867.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Ends Career Of Crime.

John b. Roper, who murdered two fell
low prisoners, named Trawick and Crow
der, in the county Jail in Lufkin, Texas,
Aut. 10, beating them to death with
bucket as they slept, hanged himself in
his cell, using strip from blanket. He
acknowledged a few days ago that he
was a member of the Dalton gang of bank
robbers at Longview, Texas, in 1892.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

There was race riot in Seaford, De-,
in which for men were seriously injured.
A negro struck a white boz and the citi-
zens of the town organized and proceeded
to run out of town all the strange negroes
seen on the streets. The negroes resented
the treatment and attacked the white men,
a pitched battle ensuing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The Philadelphia court of quarter ses-
sions decided that two sections Of tae
child labor law, which provide that chil-
dren from the age limit TO 16 must show
certificates of their ahysical and mental
qualifications, are unconstitutional, being
contrary to the first section of the four.
teenth amendment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The examiners appointed by Judge Par
dee to make an examination of the county
treasury filed their report in akron, Ohio.
1t charges former County Treasurer
Smith with a shortage of S75j, 3S5. This
amount was found missing from the
vaulfs
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Indiana
State News
Accountants Say Shortage Exfsts In
Michigan City Funds.


Expert accountants employed TO audit
the books of City Treasurer c. F. Meyer
of Michigan City reported having found
a shortage of $685. in city funds for the
year 1905. OF the deficit $5,413 is in the
street improvement fund. The shortages
have been discovered notwithstanding the
absence of a ledger and other important
books from the city treasurer's Office.
which have been missing since the work
of auditing began. The accountants were
employed by a committee Of citizens
When the findings were reported City
Comptroller Henry c. Van Deusen made
formal demand upon Treasurer Meyer
for the amount of the deficit Meyer ask
ed ftr an itemized statement, and says
if there is any shortage he does not know
of il.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
French Farm workers Win.

The organization of the agricultural la
borers of France into union has resulted
in successful strikes throughout the coun-
try, the employers having granted the in
crease in wages demanded. The move
ment has lasted only month and is now
spreading into Belgium.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
RAIN Is WELCOME.
Saves Wisconsin Crops and Stops
Danger from Forest Fires.

-he serious drought which has threat
ened certain crops in Wisconsin, and espe-
cially the potatoes of the northern sec
ton of the State, was broken the other
day by drenching rain. Reports from
the vermilion and Mesaba ranges in Min
nesota indicate that the rain there was
bountifuI and that it came none too soon.
Forest fires on the ranges are not smoth-
cred entirely, but the danger of confa-
grafton is believed to have passed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Ethics of school Music.

Acting on the advice of Prof. Charles
III. THOMPSON, supervisor of music, the
Toledo board of education will restore the
music course, which was cut from the
high school three years ago. Prof. Thomp-
son claims that the standard of student
mortality has fallen noticeably since mu-
sic was omitted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
BOLT ENDS cnUacn MEErINs.

One Member Of Ladies' Aid Kfue6
and Others Injured at Wallace
While the members of the Ladies' Aid
Society Of the Christian church at Wal
lace were practicing for an entertainment
bolt of lightning struck and instantly
killed Mrs. John Bells. Mrs. Bessie
Phillpot and Miss Una Shoeaf, who were
also present. were seriously injured. The
church building was badly damaged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
want to Form New NATION,

A unionist party has been organized in
San Salvador to work in favor of the for
nation of a central American republic, to
include all the Central American repub-
lies as now constituted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
HOLD NEW scHAErER SUSPECT.
HoOsier Arrested for Abduction

Nay Know of Teachers Murder.
Ernest Tankesly of Bedford, Ind, who
waa arrested in Evansville, and Miss Nell
lie Sainey, school girl of Heltonsville,
small town near Bedford, were taken
TO Bedford the other day by Bedford Off.
GERS. Thclgh the present charge against
Tankesly is the abduction of Miss Rainey,
the police will seek to learn if he has any
knowledge as to who murdered Miss
Sarah Schaefer, the young school teacher
who was killed more than two years ago
and whose slayer is still unknown to the
police. When charged by the police with
guilty knowledge of Miss Schaefer's MUIR
der Tankesly stoutly proclaimed his ils~u-
cence. Miss Rainey says she will commit
suicide rather than testify against him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

A plot to counterfeit Venezuelan coins
to finance a revolution and overthrow
President Castro has been revealed in
New York by the arrest of four men, one
of them former manager of the Orinoco
Corporation, a S10.0O0,e00 concern hold
ing concession in Venezuela.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

According to advicee from Havana
there are r'lmors of conspiracy to as
sassinate President Palma. In conse-
quence the palace and the treasury guards
have been doubled, the customs employees
armed and -ihes issued to the police.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

A person as yet unknown strangled to
death the 16-year-old daughter of George
Waddell, farmer of Wayne county,
North Carolina. Circumstances indicate
she was otherwise mistreated. Her body
was found in marble pit
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Storm Sweeps Southern Michigan.
Mrs. William Richardson was killed
and five persons shocked at Detroit by
an electric storm that swept over south
eastern Michigan Sunday. Crops were
ruined, telegraph wires Frustrated and
much general damage done by the wind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

other man whose name is not known we're
killed and third man was badly injured
by the wrecking of freight train near
New Richmond.