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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
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dis aster of April %, 1866, when more than
1.400 exchanged prisoners returning to the
North on board the steamer Sultana were
killed by the explosion of the vessels boil
ers in the Mississippi river near Memphis,
Tenn. A bomb, it is supposed, had been
placed in the coal. When the explosion
came, Goodrich was thrown into the river.
He chung to piece of wreckage and float
ed for some miles, finally drifting into an
eddy which carried him beneath an over
hanging tree. Selling the dropping
branches he was enabled to draw himself
to safety. Although it is nearly half a
century since the explosion took place.
Goodrich has never been able to forget the
awful horror of those fatal moments.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Bohio a mighty dam will back up the
waters of the river for twenty miles,
forming a huge artificial lake, through
which vessels will pass as part of the
canal for thirteen miles. Vessels will
pass through two great locks each lift
ing ship about forty-fve feet. From
Obispo the canal route runs through
the mountainous backbone of the 18TH
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND IS TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions of Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.


Packers Fined for Taking Rebates.
In the United States district court at
k3usas City, Judge Smith Mcpherson, of
Red Oak, Iowa, passed sentence on the
seven defendants recently convicted of
making concessions and accepting and
conspiring to accept rebates on shipments.
Judgments in the nature of fines were as
sessed as follows: Swift & Co., SIS, 900;
Cudahy Packing Co.. $4,000; The Armour
Packing Co., $4,000; Nelson Morris q Co.,
$4,000; Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
railway, $4,000. Geo. l.. Thomas, of New
York, was fined 5000 and sentenced to
four months in the peniteatiary. l.. b.
Taggart, Of New York was fined $4,000
and senten led to three months in the
penitentiary
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

THoS- p SHONTS. pany tneln-
Cut loose now and build the canal.
The American people want results on
the isthmIs as soon as they can be OBJ
tanned, and j want them. Dig, dig.
Congress and the people are behind us
in our efforts"
Within forty-eight hours after the
completion of the Panaman canal legis-
lation President Roosevelt issued in eff
feet the above order to Chairman
Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens.
The President expressed his great graf
ification at the action of the Senate in
supporting his plan. and 1T is announced
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
LOCK CANAL WINS.
PRESIDENT is UPHELD BY THE
SENATE'S VOTE.
Long Fight on Type OF Waterway
Ends in Favor of Quickest Plan
Work Now to BE Rushed with In
creased Force.

Washington correspondence:
Every resource of the nation is now
to be directed toward making the dirt
fly on the Panama canal as a result of
the Senate's action in declaring for the
lock type, favored by the President and
the House of Representatives. The vote
was SO to 81, giving the lock type the
majority of five claimed for it by Pres
ident Roosevelt some time ago. The
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Two Men Murdertd i'm Texas.

John Puryear and Earl Seeds were
sssassinated near La Mesa, Texas, by three
men, Puryear and Seeds went to water
tank with horses and were fired upon from
ambush Three suspects were arrested
s. crowd demanded the prisoners be taken
from the county jail and lynched. Puryear
had trouble with three of his neighbors a
year ago, and since then there has been q
fued
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Insane Patients Terrified by Flames
Removed from Structure.

Fire in the amusement hall connected
with the State hospital for the insane in
Niddletown, Conn, caused one death and
creatfd panic among the inmates OF
the xylum. They were removed from a
dorEirory near by to another building
during the height of the fire. The dead
man was f. l.. Iichtenstein, general man
ager of the Merchants Silk Company.
Part of falling wall struck him, throw
ing him against a fire escape with such
force that his body was cut nearly in
two. Mr.. Lichtenstein was about 81
years old and came short time ago from
York, Pa. The loss on the burned build
ing and contents is estimated at So, 600
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

A pitched battle was fought at park in
Lorain, Ohio. between several Hnngarians
from Lorain and Cleveland who we're hold
ing reunion and picnic. A fight started
from some unknown cause. Beer bottles,
clubs, knives and billies were used and
when the fight was over it was found that
scores of the contestants were injured.
Three of the Hungarians from Cleveland
were so badly hurt that they are not ex-
y,oefad tn rooover
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

New York to Manila by Panama canal
via San Francisco and Yokohama, H.
$50 miles.
Distance saved in sailing trip around
the world by the new route through the
Panama canal, 2,76S miles.
The Panama canal was practically be-
gun in 1883 by the French company.
They had completed about two-ifths Of
the length, when because of fraudulent
management the company failed, and the
work ceased in 1SS9.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

A band of 300 Pulajanes, under Gaze
sario Pastor, attacked the town of Blu
Tauen, on the island of Leyte, p. /. They
killed FIVE policemen, wounded FIVE and
captured the remainder of the force ex-
cept the lieutenant, who was in command.
Pastor, the Pulajane leader, was killed
during the encounter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
CHICAGO.

The leading industries
Chicago. disclose no loss Of sctlv-
I ity. Deliveries are upon
an unusually heavy scale, new demands
make a well-sustained aggregate for fu-
lure operations and the movement of
commodities exceeds the high proper
IONS of a year ago. Another run Of
orGers prevents curtailment of ca
pacity in the pig iron, steel and car
building branches. Construction makes
good progress in both bridge and track
work, this Involving unprecedented con-
sumption of mill output New building
operations, particularly in business
structures, have become unusually ex-
banded and supplies of lumber. quarry
and planning mills products are drawn
upon to an extent which suggests some
further advances in cost. With the
growing ease in the borrowing rate less
hesitancy Is seen in the disposition u
invest capital for the extension of en-
terprise In manufacturing and trans
portation.
With the higher temperatures and
the vacation season at hand, there has
been a satisfactory stimulus to retail.
traffic. Trade among the jobbing
houses has assumed seasonal quiet, and
more attention is given to preparations
for fall business, for which there are
good orders coming in. Mercantile cob
lections show sustained improvement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
TALE OF FIERCE BALLOON TRIP.
Aeronauts Have Thrilling Trip in
Clouds During Electrical Storm.

Clouds During Electrical Storm.
DIR. Julian p. Thomas and Charles s.
Levee, who left New York Sunday in a
balloon and landed near Binghamton, N.
T., the following day, after a thrilling
trip of $50 miles, told the story of their
escapade in cloudland- DIR. Thomas thus
graphically recounts their experience /:
The effect of the storm was terrifying.
Everything we came in contact with was
charged with electricity. The rain-soaked
ropes were alive with it and if we touched
anything with our hands we received a
shock or started spark. The thunder
came from back of us and rolled away in
front of US. All the time the rain fell
in a perfect torrent. The storm started
in at o O'Clock and lasted until 3 this
morning. With every fash of lightning
we Gould see a decided change in tie
cloud formation about us. The winds
blew the clouds into mountain shapes and
followed out valleys, leaving here and
there gaps between the mountains and
through the gaps tongues of flame would
leap and continue to light up the spec
facle."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
FACTS ABOUT THE CANAL.

Estimated cost of the Panama canal,
$200,000,000.
Amount paid French company for
title, $40,000,000.
Amount paid Panama government for
perpetual kase of canal lands, $4,000
600.
Length of canal, forty-six miles.
Canal width varies from $50 to 800
feet at the top, the bottom width being
80 feet.
There will be five twin locks of con-
crete masonry, each 738 feet long and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Reports from various meat-packing GEN.
tiers indicate this industry has suffered
loss of $150,000,000 on account of the
crusade against docsored meats. Chicago
packers have had full-page advertise
ment in the local papers inviting the peo-
pie of the United States TO inspect their
plants. Nevertheless, improvements or.
dered by the city authorities will cost the
packers S1,000,Q00.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Extensive losses of sheep are reported
as the result of the heavy food in the
northern part Of Montana. Several
stockmen each lost as high as from 5000
to 10000 sheep. The loss is Offset in a
measure by the immense amount of good
done the range by the rain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Names an Illinois Man

The President has sent to the Senate
the nominations of Herbert II. ID. Pierce,
now third assistant Secretary of State,
to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Norway, and Hunting
ton Wilson of Illinois. to succeed Mr..
Pierce as third assistant Secretary of
State
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

A special from Panama says that a clash
took place between liberals and policemen
who were protecting ballot boxes at Santa
Ana PARK. Nine policemen and Jose An
tonic, a mem Der of one of the best families
In Panama, were badly wounded and one
liberal was killed. Forty armed police
men restored order, but further trouble is
anrlclpafed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
MURDER REVEALS MIsER.
Search of Mrs. Kinnan's Effects
Turns Up Odd Affairs.

Thc police and coroner in searching
the Stanton house in the Bronx, New
York, where Mrs. Alice ID. Kinnan was
mysteriously murdered, found bank books
showing deposits of more than $4,000.
The entire house is said TO be in topsy
turvy condition, many of the rooms be-
ing piled high with rubbish, thus max
ing the search difficult. Mrs Stanton,
mother OF Mrs. Kinnan, was taken from
he- home to allow the authorities to
search for possible clews which would
thro-- light on the murder. Nothing has
been discovered, however, 10 point toward
the murderer. Fifteen bank books were
found and later $4,000 was uncovered
in the house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Cablegrams reporting the destruction
OF Sagua la Grande, town of about
1900 inhabitants in Santa Clara prov
ipce, Cuba, have been received. There
were two messages, the first announcing
that the town had been flooded and the
second saying that it had been entirely
destroyed by fire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

will accompany the
members of the
commission. 1t Is
the purpose to
make a thorough
Inspection of the
canal work, which
has reached a point
where experts must
determine the lines
on which ii is to be
continued, and Mr..
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Aserious riot occurred at Bridgeport, Ohio,
between striking miners and non-union
men and officials of Moores Run mine. Six
nom union men under guard were bonn
barded with bricks and guards used clubs
on strikers. superintendent Ross, Of the
mine, was badly hurt. GeoI &c Fields, ne
gro strike breaker, had his skull fractured
by brick and two union miners whose
names are withheld were knocked uncon-
scious. Strike breakers were chased
through the streets for half an hour by a
mob and escaped when they swan the
river
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

1t is announced that Acting Governor
Harris of Ohio had decided to call an
extra session of the Legislature If the
liquor interests succeeded in knocking out
the Aiken high saloon tax law. as an ad-
verse decision would render void most of
the legislation enacted by the last Legisla
ture.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
OREGON HARBoRs NEST OF REDS.
Polish Anarchists Are Said to Have
Designs on Roosevelt.

Statements made by Walter Sealasz-
wiwcz, formerly president Of the Polish
National Society, seem to confirm re-
GEN. report that Portland, Ore, harbors
an anarchistic society which contemplates
the assassination of President Roosevelt.
Seslaszkiwcz's statements were made to
the police while he was procuring war
rants for. several members of his society
whom he alleges attacked and beat him
Sunday night for Directing TO an alleged
misuse of the society's funds. Selasz-
kIwcz states that there are about eighty
anarchists in the city and that they hold
regular meetings at places northeast Of
Portland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
More Money for Cotton Workers.

Cotton manufacturers of Fall River,
Mass, have granted the operatives a IA
per cent increase in wages. Abort $1,000
hands are benefited. The new scale is
practically the same as that prevailing
previous to July l. 1904.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
FLOCK TO CROW LANDS.
Flying Columns Of Prospective Set
tiers Alight on Reservation

A special from Billings, Mont, states
that fasteners are 1ockirg to that place
by the hundreds to register for the Crow
lands. The other day on the Burlington
200 came in, most of them from Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska points. The North
ern Pacific railway brought numbers from
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Many of the prospective settlers have Sc
cured tents and have gone to the reserva-
ton, where they will establish camps and
make a thorough inspection of the lands.
AT the present rate the registration in
Butte will not exceed 10000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Fire at Santa Cruz, CAL, destroyed the
Casino and all restaurants along the water
front adjoining. The Casino was recently
built at a cost Of a quarter of q million dol
lars The total loss is $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Drown in WHIRLPOOL.

Nathan Bell, Clarence Knott and
Claude Ellison were drowned in the
James river. The men were fishing from
boat below Whites mill dam, two miles
north of Mitchell, S D. The boat was
drawn into the whirlpool and upset. Eli
sons body was recovered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
-Four Drowned in Delaware.

The carelessness of one man in step
ping on the side of launch and capsiz-
ing it, resulted in the drowning of four
men in the Delaware river at Philadel-
phia. The other two occupants of the
little craft had narrow escape from
death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Fifty houses were wrecked between Law
ton, Okla. and Quanah, Tex, by heavy
windstorm. A passenger train near Lawton
was nearly blown from the track. The
storm covered large area in the south
west No one was killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Gov T. w. Hoch sent the following dis
patch to w. j. Black, traffic manager of the
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe Railway
company at Chicago. and to E. S. McLoud,
chairman of the Western Passenger asso-
citation at Chicago: kansas must have
1900 harvest hands within week or much
grain will be lost. Help McLoud toget
cheap rates. appeal for help
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Traction Car Struck by Lightning.
An incoming traction car on the Evans
vile d Princeton line was struck by light
ming in the outskirts of Princeton, Ind,
and disabled The motorman and four
passengers were badly shocked and a
manic caused ON the car
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Find Mammoth Caves Rival.

Rivaling Kentucky's mammoth cave in
It's curiosities, a cavern nine rifles long
has been discovered near Jellico, Tenn.
Through it flows river whose banks
are scattered with curious relics Of ages
long gone and queer formations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
IvENs is HANGED.

Confessed slayer of Mrs. HoIlisfer
Executed i'm Chicago.
Richard G. Ivens was hanged Friday
in Chicago. His life paid the laws pen
atty for the thrice-confessed murder of
Mrs. Bessie NJ. HOLSTER. Jan. u. Trem-
bling in every limb, the youth marched
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Roasted 10 Death Under Aufomobi1e.
In the overturning Of an automobile rum
ming sixty miles an hour in Pasadena, CAL,
and the subsequent explosion OF the en-
gine, Mrs. j. j. Cordori was pinioned un-
der the machine and roasted to death.
John Henderson, the chauffeur, was so
badly burned that he probably will die,
and Mrs. Ella May Morris, an artist from
Pueblo. Colo, was Also burned and bruised.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Corporations Cannot Commit Crime.

Holding that corporation cannot en-
ter into conspiracy or commit crime,
sustained motion to quash the indict-
nient returned by the grand jury against
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
and the Colorado Supply Company,
charging them with violation of the law
bearing on the truck system"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
FemaIe Aeronauf FATALLY Injured

Miss Lelia Ailesworth, balloonist,
making ascensions at an amusement park
In Peoria, H., fell from her parachute,
landing on rock pile, receiving internal
injuries which are expected to prove fatal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Stevens desires that JOHN =. sTEvENs.'
full approval shall be had of his own
plan before the work shall pr )gress
further.
Outline of the Work.
The Isthmus of Panama is il shape
much like an elongated letter laid on
its side. It's general direction is east
and west. At the canal zone the 18TH
mus is forty wiles wide in a direct
line; but the canal can not be built ON
a straight lire, having several curves
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Bow Base Ball Player killed.

Arthur Peterson, aged 8, catcher of a
boys baseball team, was killed in PittJ-
burg by being struck by baseball The
ball, thrown by the pitcher, passed be-
tween his hands and struck him OVER the
heart.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Clarence M. York, private secretary to
Chief Justice Fuller of the Supreme
Court of the United States, jumped. or
fell from window at Garfield hospital in
Washington and received injuries from
which he shortly afterward died.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

]. B. Baremore, a farmer, and his two
children, Emma, aged 3 years, and James,
aged IS months, died near Fort Smith,
Ark, of ptomaine poisoning. They had
eaten bologna sausage. A daughter, aged
years, is at the point of death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

action OF the Sen
ate sets at rest all
uncertainty, and the
force in Panama is
expected to be dou-
bled in a short
time. The entire
Panama commits
sion will soon leave
for the zone. and
Chief Engineer Ste
vens Will accom-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Rains Make 5000 Idle.

Twelve collieries in the Mahanoy re-
gion of Pennsylvania, employing 5000
men and boys. are flooded as a result of
heavy rain. Workmen were called out of
bed one night to hoist the mules from the
.niuaS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
For New Niagara Falls Bridge

The Trans Niagara Bridge Company
was incorporated in Ottawa, Ont, with
capital of S1,000.000 to build bridge
across the Niagara river north of the
upper steel arch bridge at Niagara Falls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
GIRLS PRANK WRECKS TRAIN.
Farmers Daughter Admits Spiking
Hsil Just to See It Smashed

Little Alice Kyle, school girl and
daughter of a farmer residing between
Macksburg and Elba, Ohio, has confessed
TO having caused the wreck of the Penn
syivania flyer near the latter town on a
recent night, in which two passenger
coaches were overturned and the engine,
tender and mail car hurled down an en-
hankment. The girl, who is II years OF
age, says that she wedged a rail bolt
between the ends of two rails just to
see the train smash 1t, as it had smashed
nails and pennies at other times for her.
The girl will not be arrested, as the rail-
road officials are satisfied that it was a
childish prank and had no intent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

VIM. Brasch, aged %, fugitive from JUS
fice, is under arrest at Cleveland. Ohio.
He confessed to the police that he muir.
dered his wife recently in Rochester, N. Y.
His companion, Mrs. Mary Gilmore, is also
held.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

The jury which has been trying for two
weeks the case of Levi Bevard at Newark,
Ohio, who was charged with killing Mrs.
VERT, reported a verdict Of acquittal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

1t is announced that Peruvian troops
have invaded portion of the eastern re-
gion of Ecuador, title to which was re-
Gently submitted to the arbitration of
King Alfonso of Spain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

w. f. Retiring shot and probably IA
tally wounded his divorced wife and her
niece, Bessie O'Day, at Los Angeles, Cal.
His overtures for a reconciliation were
assed unheeded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
To Send Newsboy to Harvard.

The Bostons Newsboys, protective
union affiliated with the Amerie . Fed
GRAFTON. of Labor. has voted to :. one
OF its members to Harvard un sity in
the fall. The union some time ago start
Ell a scholarship fund, hoping to raise
5000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

morning on a refuse pile outside a
stable adjoining the shop. Richard
Ivens was arrested few hours after
and under cross-examination by Assist
ant Chief of Police Schuettler and In
spector LAWN he broke down and con-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Half Town of sodus Burns.

Half of the village of Sodus, N. Y,
vas burned Tuesday. The loss is more
han 100000. The postofiice and Chas.
ID. Gaylord's bank were among the build
ings destroyed. Myers hospital caught
Gre, but was saved
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

Severe frosts have occurred in various
parts of Wyoming, and reports indicate
that much damage has been done to grow
ing crops.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28

-Four boys, members of the graduating
class of the Brewer High school, Bangor,
Me-. were drowned by the upsetting of
sailboat. The boys. who, with dozen
others, were spending the day on q pond,
we're unable to swim.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
harvester Companies Admit auilt.

The international Harvester Company
and international Harvester Company of
America admitted their guilt, under the
Arkansas law, of restraining competition
and agreed to pay fines of $4,000 each.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
Governor Harris III.

Governor A. L. Harris, of Ohio, is i'll at
his home in Eaton, Preble county. He is
suffering from exhaustion and acute indi-
0estiOu
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-28
FOLK Grants Respite to Woman.

Gov. Folk of Missouri has granted a
respite to Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank
Hoffman to Sept. 3. They were to be
hanged June %.