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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Steal A Ride; Never Again.

E. R. Buckley, a hotel clerk, and
George Elliott, an actor, were taken
from the roof of a carriage on the
Lake Shores Twentieth entury limit
ed when it arrived in Cleveland Fri
day after hair raising trip.
They say they slipped on to the top
of sleeper as the train was pulling
out of Buffalo. not realizing the ex-
posure and peril they invited. A few
miles out of Buffalo, as the speed of
the train increased and the noise rose
to roar, the men clung desperately
to one of the little guard rails for
life. and finally tainted
A railroad detective found the men
when the train pulled into Cleveland
and brought them back to conscious
ness. Then they were arres.cG.
The men told Judge Fielder such
moving tale of their experiences
during their wild night ride that the
Judge was moved to sympathy and
permitted them to go on suspended
sentences.
Both men claim to be members of
we'll to do Chicago families Elliott
fell sick in Boston and was unable to
rejoin his company, which left Bos-
ton without him. He met Buckley
in Buffalo Neither had sufficient
money to pay his way. They shipped
their clothes to Chicago and man.
aged to climb to the top of the linn
tied unobserved
we screamed with fright when the
train struck its gait" said Buckley.
"We were protected from falling off
the top only by the low hand rail,
which ran all around. Time and again
our grasp on the hand rail was jar
red loose by the motion of the train.
Hot cinders flew into our faces and
down the backs of our sweaters until
we could scarcely endure the torture.
"Hour after hour we were thrown
and tossed from side to side At the
stops we were too dazed to attempt
to climb from the top and too weak
to- cry for aid. After enduring the
pain for what seemed to be- eternity,
I lost consciousness and remember
nothing more until .he detective pour
ed whisky between my lips
Il would not attempt to ride that
train again for a million dollars"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Life in the Country.

20 out into the country these hot
summer days and study the lives Cd
the people there, many of them poor
in financial sense, having perhaps
little besides the actual necessities of
life, laboring with their hands ten or
twelve hours day, possibly knowing
little and caring less for the so-called
luxuries of modern city life, though
in this day country-dwellers number
among their necessities many things
counted as unattainable luxuries dur
ing the past generation. Yet what
ever they have not, they have always
with them the beauties of nature, and
an appreciation of these things brings
with it deep content that no city
dweller can ever know unless he has
experienced it; peace that no man.
made luxury can ever give; an inspir-
alton greater than any other toward
right living
1t teaches one in the beautiful
words of Henry VanDyke: "To be
glad of life because it gives you the
chance to love and to work and to
play and to- look up at the stars-to
be satisfied with your possessions,
but not contented with yourself until
you have made the best of them--to
despise nothing in the world except
falsehood and meanness, and to fear
nothing except cOwardice-to be gov
erned by your admirations rather
than by your disgusts; to covet moth
ing that IS your neighbor's except his
kindness of heart and gentleness of
manners-to think seldom of your
enemies, often of your friends, and
everyday of Christ; and to spend as
much time as you can, with body and
spirit, in Gods out-of-doors"
1t is comforting to know that love
for Natures beauty is steadily taking
a stronger hold upon dwellers in the
cities and that the tendency toward
communing with Nature is becoming
more and more pronounced. This ad-
miration for life in the country can
be greatly enhanced by farmers max
ing their holdings what they ought
to be-the most inviting spots on
earth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
As Europeans See Roosevelt

"All the people of Europe regard
President Roosevelt as a great man
| and they also believe that the end OF
the fight between him and the sys-
tenn will make headlines for the pa
pers of the whole world AS to Mr.
Hartman, he will yet walk to the
White House with his portmanteau
and his night shirt in his hands, Eu-
rope believes In the end Mr.. Roose-
welt probably will call a commission
to take charge of the Harmon affair.
Europe expects to see Mr. Roose-
welt renominated by the Republicans,
and if the big men in the party are
fools enough not to nominate him
he will be nominated by the Demo-
Gratis by acclamation l do not be-
lieve he wants it, and it may be bad
for him and not likely to add to his
glory in place in the history of the
country. New he can go out in a
blaze of glory.
81 don't know the strength of Mr..
Taft or the other possible candidates;
but what is the use, they won't be
nominated The people want the big
SICK, and they know Mr.. Roosevelt
is the man to use it. If the big stick
goes overheard the system will have
the people by the neck With another
man in the White House right now
the system would go there and say:
Bring out the tally sheet They
would then get back every cent they
have lost through President Roose-
welt and in ten times the amount
"It is possible that the President
has made mistake in calling Harri-
man liar, but the people believe that
Mr.. Roosevelt's mistakes are the evil
dences of his sincerity Every man
who does big things and many things
is bound to make mistakes occasion
ally"2New York Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Caleb Powers Again Faces Jury fol
Death of Goebel.

Before Special Judge Robbins to-
day began the fourth trial of Caleb
Powers, formerly Kentucky's secre-
tary of state, for completely in the
murder seven years ago of Senator
William Coebel, democratic aspirant
in the gubernatorial election contest
then pending.
Twice Powers has been convicted
and given a life sentence and onc the
third trial he was sentenced to death.
The entire state has been aroused
over the case, and Indiana officials
have also been involved, while federal
interference has been sought on be-
half of Powers on a claim that the
bitterness in his home state was such
that fair trial was impossible. 1t is
estimated that it will require at least
week to secure jury.
In the list of witnesses discussed
by Powers and his attorneys ap-
peared the name of w. S. Taylor of
Indianapolis, who was governor of
Kentucky when the legislature de-
cided the election contest in favor of
Goebel as governor Taylor will
likely be summoned by the defense,
although there is no possibility of his
accepting the summons. For seven
years Taylor has lived in Indiana,
and, although frequent demands have
been made upon this state by Ken
lucky for his return. Indiana would
never surrender him, the two Indiana
governors who have been in Office
during this time stating publicly that
Taylor. who is also charged with the
murder of Goebel, could not obtain a
fair trial in Kentucky.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Get Less Pay for Hauling Mails.

The revenue derived from hauling
the United States mails by the rail-
roads running west from Chicago, st.
Louis, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, and
the Missouri river is to be further
reduced approximately sl,oOo.ooO a
year as the immediate result of the
reports of 125 inspectors who have
been at work for the last six months
determining whether the space used
in railway postal cars by the govern
ment was in excess of space sufficient
to accomplish the work.
When Postmaster General Cortel-
you was at the head of the depart
ment he made ruling reducing the
compensation for carrying the mail
and also ordered inspectors to make
reports on the compensation allowed
for car space.
Under the terms of the postal laws
the railroads are not allowed COM
pensation for car space under thirty
feet, but between thirty and forty
feet the railroads collect $25 mile
per annum; forty to fifty feet, $40;
fifty feet and over, $50. 1t makes no
difference as to the size of the car, it
may be fifty feet or it may be forty,
if the government says the work can
be accomplished in thirty feet Of
space the railroad cannot collect any
compensation.
Nearly all the cars built in the last
five years are sixty feet in length, ex-
cepting few which are used on the
fast mail trains between Chicago and
New York
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Physicians Growing Cautious.

A physician says that he has found
that if is not best to report the nature
of the ailments his patients may be
afflicted with to tie newspapers for
publication, especially when they are
suffering with chronic diseases like
rheumatism He finds that these ref
erences ale cut out by press clipping
bureaus and forwarded to proprietors
of proprietary remedies and forth
with the patient is flooded with lot
of literature advertising "sure cure
preparation, and in many cases a sam
pie bottle is sent along. These cases
are annoying TO patients and provok-
ing to the physicians.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Mexico has been approached by
the government of the Republic of
Salvador with a request that it take
what practically amounts to the in
itiative in opening negotiations be-
tween Salvador and Nicaragua for a
settlement of the difference between
them and the reference to arbitration
of the claims for reparation for dam
ages sustained by Salvador as re-
suit of the expedition against it by
President Zelaya about six weeks ago
which created considerable damage
in and about the harbor of Acajutla
and surrounding country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Haywood Freed; Pettibone Next.

"CO0 IClliOOHC
William Haywood is free After
eighteen months Imprisonment clos
ing with eleven rerve racking weeks
of legal inquisition, he walked out
Sunday, alone and elated, into the
bright sunlight of still and drowsy
Sabbath morning, acquitted OF the
charge of numbering Frank Steunen-
berg
His vindication came from the lips
of twelve Idaho farmers, plain, blunt,
uncultured men, representatives of
the sturdy stock that is the backbone
of this contry, who simply were not
convinced that the state had connect
ed Haywood, by his own acts and
declarations" to use the language of
the court, with the murder of Frank
Steunenberg-that's all. That was the
verdict. and the how. and the why,
and the wherefore of it.
The mastery logic of Senator Bor-
ah, the painstaking analysis of Prose
cutor Hawley, and the story of Har-
ry Orchard crumbled and withered
away in the Unconditional atmosphere
of the room where the purors for
twenty-one hours minutely dissected
the evidence as they saw it. And
their verdict was "Not guilty"
The probability of verdict of ac-
quittal had been freely predicted since
Saturday, when Judge Fremont
Woods read his charge, which was
regarded as strongly favdring the
defense in its Interpretation of the
laws OF conspiracy cIrcumstantial
evidence, and the corroboratioI of an
accomplice who confesses-
A canvass fthe jury Immediately
after they were discharged showed
the accuracy of the prediction Ten
of the jurors declared that in their
individual opinion the instructions
practically forbade verdict of guiltp.
The other two would not admit this
view of the judges charge, but declar-
ed that they had found it impossible
to believe that any legal connection
Of Haywood with the Steunenberg
murder had been made.
While counsel for the prosecution
refused to discuss what factors they
considered bore most strongly upon
the jury's decision to acquit Hay
wood, the consensus of opinion
among lawyers who were not con-
nected with the case is that the in
structions made 7, conviction impos-
sible.
There were sixty-five paragraphs
in the charge, of which thirty-one
dealt with tile subject of reasonable
doubt. There is no criticism of the
statement of the law in any of the
sections of the charge with perhaps
one exception, but 1t seems to be the
general opinion. and the talks with
jurors agree with it, that the reitera-
ton of those Instructions which
might be favorable to the defense
~onveyed the impression to the jury
that The court believed the verdict
should be acquIttal.
This is of piece with the attitude
of the authorities and the prosecu-
ton throughout the trial The desire
to- be absolutely fair to the defendant
has amounted at times almost to an
obsession. IF there has been any
leaning to one side or to the other
it has been TO that of the defense.
and that attitude is maintained even
vet. There is almost no criticism of
the result among the friends OF the
prosecution in Boise
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Tumpod into Lake.

The most tragic drowning along
the east shore of Lake Michigan oc-
CURED off Michigan City. Frank A.
Tyron of Chicago was the victim.
Crazed with fear while aboard the
yacht Volant, after the boat had
passed through a terrific squall ten
miles north last of Michigan City, he
threw off restraining hands and
jumped into the lake
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

According to the statistics COM
piled by the State Board of Health
there were nearly 10000 more births
in Indiana during the year 1906 than
there were deaths. The total number
of births was 45,30O and the number
of deaths was 35,992. The total num-
Der of marriages was 26,225. Of the
births, 23,469 were males and 81 .s31
were females. The white males num-
bered 23s,l3. and the colored males
numbered 456. A total of 21,4ls white
females were born and z13 colorcd
females were born
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Dinner Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. Sol. Stockman had
a pleasant gathering at their home on
Center street last Wednesday. There
we're present at the dinner hour: Mr.
Stockman's mother, Mrs. Jackman, OF
Mishawaka; Mr. and Mrs. Filson and
Miss Olive Harris of Plymouth, Mrs
John Beck, of Bourbon; Mrs. F.. w
Jackson. and D. F. Reid and family
of Tahlcquah, Ind. Terr.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Switzer, and Mr.. Jarrett OF War.
saw.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Are New Republicans.

William A. PETER, former populist
senator from Kansas. was asked the
other day as to what had become
of the peoples party" He answered
"The peoples party has become
merged with the Republican party.
| look fox the Republican party
to carry out the principles of popu-
lism as enunciated by us when we
came upon the scene as political
factor Marion Butler, former pop
ulist senator from North Carolina,
has also become an ardent Republl-
can
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

J. M. Studebaker. of South Bend,
who once presented Winona assembly
with $4,000 and who left Monday for
Europe. has donated $4,000 TO pro-
mote the extension of the interurban
railway The directors plan the clos
ing of the gap between Valparaiso and
Fort Wayne, providing a Chicago
Pittsburg service
An unknown woman presented the
assembly with $500 for the fund to
be used in the erection Of a new au-
ditorium-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
BURGLARS Wreck a Safe.

Burglars Thursday night blew open
the safe at the Claypool Lumber
Company at Claypool Nitroglycerin
was used and the building was par
tally demolished. They obtained on
ly two revolvers, all the company's
money having been taken to the Clay
POOL bank that day.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
TUESDAY, JULY 7

Te itory vs T P Clancy on charge of receiving stolen goods, viz: a keg of wine from . freight car a. Bowie the jury returned a verdict of mot guilty" The case against Jewel Dsly, jointly indicted with Clancy was, upon motion of the district attorney, dis missed.
 Territory vs Robert Kneale. charge of attempted assault. On motion oi district attorney the case was dis missed and defendant exhonors,ed.
 Territory vs Peter Maxwell, pleaded guilty to charge of forgery and will receive sentence tomorrow morning.
 Territory vs Edwards and Nelson On charge oi burglary; both defend ants entered plea of guilty to petty larceny and sentence will be pro- nounced tomorrow.
 YorK vs York, divorce: granted.
 All trial jurors have been excused until Friday morning. Court prsc. tically sdiourns until after the Fourth
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
Immigration Force
 Being Strengthened

The immigration force O 'l'' ter ritory has been strengthened within the past few days by an addition oi two new inspectors.
 c. P. Crouin has been stationed at Aros' ranch, a point about 70 miles west oi Noga es, that is believed to have served as thoroughfare for in coming immilrsnts and where an op- portunity for smuggling has been open.
 It has been necessary .o place a mounted inspector at Aspin's ranch, in the San Pedro valley, for the same reasons.
 The territorial department, with he sdqusIters atTucson, expects to exercise the greates. vigilance to en- force the immigration laws which are becoming more rigid the time.
 The force has been doubled within q year and will be enlarged to meet the demands.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
From Fridays Daily.

The local order of Woodmen oi th World has chsng,d its regnlal meet ing nights to the second and last Wednesday, of each month.
 The largest assessment on the Co., ch'se county tax rolls is that of the Copper Queen Co, which this year tt.I. $5 100000.
 Mrs Cook, mother of Miss DeEsta Cook. returned to Douglas today ac companied oy little M.s Jusra Wes strTvclt
 At Tucson the anti-pokeT playing ordinance passed the council and was approved by Mayor Slack. The vote was unanimous. The ordinance not only prohibits poker, but all other games which are played for money.
 It is stated, however, that the ordi- n.noe does not stop games for drinks. In the first anti-poker ordinance which was introduced ny Councilman Hoy all kinds of card playing were stopped, whether for money or for anything else, but this ordinance was replaced by another, which prohibits only games for many.
 The National Guard of Aru ona vii have its annual encampmeDt at Camp Brodie, few miles north of Prescott, between the dates of July 30th and August Sth.
 All trial jnrors are again in Tomb stone after the brief holiday recess. l and cOIrt is again in session.
 Clerk George B. Wilcox is glightiy lndispos,d at his home and is con- fined to his bed
 On Saturday evening a whirlxind toppled oger one of the large electric Ugh, poles, which carried with il fonr other poles and the line to the ground and disabled the servire oi the electric light plant for the night, The Dime being obliged to close for lack O power. The line has heen repaired 'F.i full service has again been re-
 -ied.
 iirs. Alice Hill went oger to Ben- sou yesterday to meet Mrs. 4. P. Gibson. She returned home thi. [ afternoon.
 The next on the program-"Damor and Pyth as" at the Schieffelin or July H.
 James Clark came in yesterday iron the Chiricahuss to spend the Fourtl at his old home
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
Jerome May Lose
 Its Big Shelters

From New York, where most of the big things are done by the larger Ari- zons mines, comes a report that Sen- s'or W. A. Clark will shortly begin the removal of :he United Verde smelter from Jerome to Pennington, x. NJ.
 To transport the ores of the Unit ed Verde, Senator Clark will build a railroad from Jerome to Farming ton, going by way of Gallup, N. M., where are located i'm nense coal de- po.i,s, from which 6 large number of smelters in this territory are supplied with fuel.
 1.-Two reasons are given for Sena- tor Clark's decision to move his smell ter from Jerome. The first being be- cause removal is imperative, there being constant danger of the big smelling plant being destroyed by the ground caving underneath.
 Due % the fire that has been Paging in the United Verde ores, the ground on which the smeIter is located is gradually settling. which endanges the entire plant of the United Verde, possibly loss of life and the great loss that would attend the sudden csvine of She ground.
 Clarke second reason for moving the smelter to Pennington is the de- crease in the cost of smelling in Pennington over Jerome. With ches p fuel in abundance and but A short distance away. it will be cheaper to transport the ores .over the road Clark IS so build to Farming ton than it is to smelt them at Je- rome.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
Mothers Dream
 Saved Daughters Life

To terrifying dream of her mot her, Mrs. c. F. Elliott, the daughter, Miss Irene Elliot, probably owes her life.
 Miss. Elliot, with her mother and father and brother, has been spending a month at the camp of the Santa Rita Gold Mining Co.,, in the Santa Rita mountains, about 50 miles from Tucson.
 One evening last week Mrs. Elliot awoke with a scream from fearful dream in which she had pictured the death oi her daughter. She was so worked up over the dream that she awakened her husband, who went to the daughters cot at the other end of the long tent, which the family oc- cupied.
 The daughter had also been awsk- ened but she was unharmed and Mir Elliot returned to his cot. As he walked scross the tent he heard a rumbling noise.
 Mrs. Elliot, frightened by being sud denly awakened, was sitting up on her cot. The rumbling increased and the entire family was startled when 8 boulder crashed into the tent. The big rock just grszed Miss Elliot and inflicted painful but not serious in' juries.
 Judging from the position of th, boulder it had spent it's force when i struck the tent. Nevertheless, haC Miss Ellio: been lying in sleeping position she would in all probabiht, have been killed.
 The place where Mir. Elliot and hi; family had their tent pitched wa along one of the mountain trails snC was supposedly a secure place.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
Lengthening the
 Chain of Newspapers

The Tucson Star has been sold to the Consolidated Printing Co. and will form an important Ink in the chain of Arizons newspapers owned by the company, which now includes the Bisbee Review, Douglas American, Tucson Star and Phoenix Democrat.
 With the retirement of Editor Hughes from the helm of the Star, Arizona loses an able editorial writer who has the distinction of being the pioneer journalist of the territory, having been continuously identified with the Star and has been i.s guid- ing spirit for thirty years. To the new management the PRosPEcroR ex- tends best wishes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-07-07
A Trying Ordeal
 Of a Lost Child

Much excitement was created at Mess because oi the report of the wandering of d child which had be- come losi on the desert. Many search ing parties were out and had been out all night. About ? A. m. the child was found standing in group of csctus, itself SO covered by the chollas thorns thet it was almost indistin- guishable from its surroundings.
 The child was literally covered with cactus-on it's face. it's arms and body, and even in it's mouth the cruel thorns were torturing the lit:le one. It vas incs pable of crying or making sound of any kind, and the men who found it might have passed within c very feet and missed it but for the tracks which had been made in the sand. The child had wandered two and a half miles from its home. It was 60 covered with thorns that MT. LeesueI had to hold it in an upright position while his brother drove the team te MT. Browns house, where q frantic mother shed tesrs of joy to find tha her baby was alive.
 The thorns were gently plucket from the baby, and it was then place, in a warm bath, It was famishtd 10 water, which was given it in tabl spoonful doses at short intervals Food was given in the same way, ant the little one soon revived and will b none the worse for the fearful ordes through which it passed.