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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
TWO FIREMEN ARE KILLED.
Ammonia Fumes in Basement of a
New York Building Fatal.

Two hremen were killed and eleven 9th
ers rendered unconscious by fumes in the
basement of a building on Eighth avenue.
New York. The condition of two others
is serious. The dead were Adam Damn
and Harry +. Baker. Damn and Baker
had carried pipe through the basement
and into an opening leading to sub
cellar, when they called for water pres
sure, but when other firemen reached
them to assist in directing the hose upon
the blaze, the victims had disappeared.
Ammonia fumes poured up through the
hole and filed the basement. The fire
had melted the coupling of one of the am
monia pipes connecting with the cold stor-
age plant of a market. Rescuing parties
were formed and Damn and Baker were
carried from the hole with difficulty. They
died soon afterward. Roll call revealed
that Captain Bernard Carlock was down
in the hole, where he had gone in search
OF victims of the fumes, and he was
brought to the surface. 1t is believed
that he will not recover
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

work as any Otner - = 0A@'H-'S-
piece of government engineering is done.
Senator ]. c. s. Blackburn of Kentucky,
who soon retires, was made member of
the commission.
Stevens is the third man to throw up
the canal job suddenly and without ade
quate explanation. John f. Wallace, the
first president of the commission, said
that he could get more money elsewhere.
The excuse of Theodore Z. Shonts, Wal
lace's successor. that he could not afford
to work for the government when he was
elsewhere offered twice the salary he was
getting. Stevens makes no excuse what
ever.
1t is reported that Stevens, who is
Chicago man and was formerly chief engi
neer of the Rock Island railroad, has &C
cepted the presidency of a private con-
struction company, at salary about
double the present one. He is said to
have expressed himself as being tired of
unjust criticism in the public prints.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
DENIES EMINENT DOMAIN RIGHT.
Minnesota Court Holds Trolley Lines
Cannot Condemn Property.

Cannot Condemn property.
That the electric lines of the State OF
Minnesota have no right of eminent do
main was the gist of one of the most i'm
portant and far reaching decisions ever
rendered-that handed down by the full
bench of the District Court judges in
Minneapolis. The case was that Of the
Minneapolis and ST. Paul Suburban
Street Railway Company against the vii
lage of Excelsior, Mimi. a summer re-
sort twenty miles west of Minneapolis.
for the purpose of testing the right to
condemn property for right of way. The
case, which will be appealed to the SUI
preme Court, was started by a petition
to the court to appoint commission which
should condemn certain land in Excelsior
and Tonka Bay along the route of the
proposed extension from Excelsior to the
upper lake at Birch Bluff. 1t was oppos-
ed by property owners along the proposed
route. The court, holding that the COM
pany is a street railway company, finds
that it has no right to acquire propertc
by eminent domain within the limits of
any city or village" As to the tracts OF
land situated outside of the village, which
the company attempted to condemn, the
court finds that these tracts would not
be useful or necessary unless a right of
way were acquired inside the village and
denies the petition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

The Postoffice Department, as a result
Of the rapid increase of the postal bust
ness of the country. asked Congress for
an appropriation of S150,O00 to cover the
salaries Of 600 additional clerks until
July L.
The House has sent TO the conference
the so-called revenue cutter bill. The
senate added an additional boat to the
bill to be used as a boarding boat for
officials of the Treasury Department at
Galveston, Texas, and failed to change the
title of the bill.
Speaker Cannon has appointed Repre-
sentative Dixon of Montana to place on
the committee of Indian affairs, vice Mr..
Curtis, resigned.
Hearings before the House committee
on appropriations in Washington develop
ed the fact that there is no hospital in
the United States accepting lepers with
out pay
Senators Knox, Penr0se and Dick and
Representatives Dalzell and Atcheson APP
peared before the Senate committee on
commerce in support of the proposition
for the construction of dam No. on the
Ohio river, which the House refused TO
incorporate ia the river and harbor bill.
officials of the jamestown exposition
filed with Secretary Shaw contract pro-
viding for the reimbursement of the ST.
100000 loan by the government to the
exposition company. The loan is to be
secured by the receipts of the exposition
at the gates and from concessions.
On motion of Mr.. Gardner of Massa-
chusetts the House passed resolution re-
questing the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor to send to the House any informa-
ton relative to the Introduction of for
eign laborers into South Carolina by La
Dor Commissioner Watson and the opin-
ion of the solicitor OF the department as
to whether the laborers were lawfully ad-
United.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

The deaths are announced at, Carta-
gena, Spain, of Vice Admiral Sanchez
Ocana and Rear Admiral Martinez lilies.
cas-.
To enable the grand jury to investigate
Jennings election frauds in Louisiana
the entire electorate of 80 persons has
been summoned.
Sir John L. Walton Attorney General
of Britain. in a speech at Leeds declared
that the House of Lords was out of har-
mony with modern democratic insetu-
tons and must 60.
The department store of b. G. Carpen-
ter & Co., situated in the heart of Wilkes
barre. Pa, was practically destroyed by
fire. Loss 100000.
William Smith, colored, set fire to
"Pinkey" Tigg, with whom he formerly
lived. at Gulfport, Miss, and the woman
was burned to death.
Argentine imports for 1906 aggregated
s269, 97O,521 gold, an increase OF over
S64. 600 600. Exports amounted to $500, :
O.629, a decrease of $3O,59O,Ol2.
Formal notice Of appeal in the case OF
Chester Gillette, the convicted murderer
of Grace Brown, was filed with the dis
trict attorney of Herkimer county.
]. ]. Moore, the millionaire shipping
and commission merchant of San Fran
cisco. was kicked by horse at Ascot
Park, Los Angeles, and suffered skull
fracture which may prove fatal.
Land has been bought from the Chinese
in Newchwang, China. under military
compulson by the japanese administra-
ton and handed over to the South Man
churia railway, which is extending its
concession.
Judge Gray of Delaware, recently chos-
en- umpire in the dispute between the New
York yard brakemen and conductors and
tire various railroad companies for an in
crease in wages of ! cent an hour, has
decided against the yardmen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

Every member of the House Of Repr<
sentatives, with the possible cxceptios Z
Mr.. johnson, of Vigo county. thinks III
islators get too little pay for their ~
formances-services. that is TO say, n
johnson is excepted because he remark
on the floor the other day that legi{
tors deserve no more than county co:
cilmen get-or perhaps, he said. couh
councilmen deserve as much as Rep
sentatives get which would not exec
him from the original general Statement
Al are convinced that they do too mus
and are paid too little Representati9
Daniel Mcdonald, a Marshall coun1
Democrat, has introduced bill to nee
the long-felt want. 1t provided that sal
aries of members shall be $40 day, h
stead of Sc. The increase, however, wi
not affect members of the present sfx
sion. the bill STIMULATING that such sal
aries shall begin with the session Of 1900
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
An Educntional Diplomnt.

DR.. William r. Shepherd, professor of
history in Columbia university, has been
selected by the international bureau of
American republics, of which John Bar
rett is the new director. to make trip to
the leading South American capitals dur
ing the coming summer, for the purpose
of cultivating personal relations with the
leading statesmen and men of letters in
Latin America, and to carry to them
knowledge of the educational resources
and opportunities Of the United States.
DIR. Shepherd will also collect material for
a special course of lectures on South
America
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
PAST AND PRESENT
AS " COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
TeleRraphic' Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
BOLD ROBBERY IN CHICAGO.
Mail Wagon Stolen and Thieves secure
About $1,000.

A United States mail wagon contain
ing three pouches, two of which were
filled with miscellaneous mail matter
and the third with registered mail, was
stolen from in front of the Stock Elk
change building, LaSalle and Washing
ton streets, Chicago, while the driver
was making a collection in the build
ing. At the time of the theft the street
was crowded with persons, none OF
whom saw the thief escape with the
mail wagon. While the collector was
inside the thief drove off with the
wagon, which was one enclosed with
screen, the door of which was
locked. Two hours after the robbery
the wagon was found three miles dis
tant from the downtown district The
screen door had been broken open and
the pouches taken. The postoffice au-
thorities say they don't know just how
many checks or how much jewelry the
registered pouches contained but were
Of the belief that the robbers probably
secured fully $4,000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

By vote of 81 to 0. the House pass.
the 2-cent railroad passenger fare hill
which had already passed The Senate IN
the House. however. it was amended
as to require the payment Oh a. PA cen
per mile fare where tickets am ct par
chased and cash fares offered, De
conductor must give a rebate check. WIZ
may be cashed at any Office of the C.
pany taking the excess fare. The chan
was the result of the protests of condQ.
tors who run on trains in Ohio. where>
straight 2-cent fare law is in force. Th@
told the committee that the Ohio Id
gives them great deal OF trouble becau1
so many persons refuse to purchase tic
cts 1t is believed that the Senate w
accept the House amendment and that II
bill will go at once to the Governor II
approval.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
coUNTRY's HIGH DEATH RATE.
Census bureau shows Half Million
Deaths by Disease in 1905.

Deaths by Disease in 1905.
More than 100000 persons in ; the
United States were offered up in 1905 as
sacrifice to disease. Startling as this
death rate may seem, it was less than
that for the preceding year, but was in
excess of the number of deaths registered
for any other year. This death rate is
lower than that of Ireland, Germany and
Italy for the same period. but higher than
that of England and Wales, Scotland
and the Netherlands
The death rate from ncphritis and
Bright's disease. apoplexy. cancer, dia-
betes and appendicitis is increasing, while
that from old age. bronchitis, commissions,
peritonitis and scarlet fever are decreas-
ing. The greatest death rate recorded for
any one disease in 1905 was that from
pulmonary tuberculosis. amounting to &c.
no, while pneumonia follows closely
with death rate of 39,06S, exclusive of
broncho-pneumonia. Cancer shows a
steadily growing death rate, the figures
being 24,330.
A report has been issued by the census
bureau giving the statistics Of mortality
for 1905, together with revised figures for
. the years 1901 to 1904. inclusive, for the
registration. area of the United States.
The ten registration States comprising
this area are Connecticut, Indiana,
Maine, Massachusetts. Michigan, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island and Vermont. The popula-
ton of the entire area in 1900 was 3d.
165,61S. representing 400 per cent of
the total population of continental United
States. Of this number 19,960,7 42 per-
sons, or 1858 per cent of the total popu-
lation, were in registration States and
10,S04.S7 persons, or 14.2 per cent. were
in registration cities in non-registration
States.
The tosal number of deaths reported
from the various kinds of diseases in
1905 aggregated 545,533. and those for
the preceding year amounted to sol, 1854.
On a percentage basis the death rate was
in 1905, 1872 in each thousand of popula-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Great Profits of Hartman.

The profits of e. III. Hartman and his
immediate associates in the "readjust-
ment" of the Chicago and Alton railroad
have been shown in the interstate COM
merce commissions inquiry to have ex-
ceeded S23 ,OOO, 900, and it is said the new
securities may be held void under the
Illinois law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

Included in an armful of bills that I
brought down from home the other NOR
ing after col sidering them the previo1
night, Gov. Hanly had the Bland 2-ce(
fare bill, which he signed along vii
thirteen other Senate bills. This bill
which has no emergency clause. provid|
for 2-cent fare when tickets are boug)
and penalty of one half cent q ma
where cash is paid on the train. the pa
son paying the cash fare to receive q \
ceipt which viii entitle him to rebal
of the excess paid. This bill wiz
into effect with the publication Of G
acts, about the middle of April.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
PLArT IN A NEW SCANDAL.
Mae Wood Sues the Senator Again
and Names Sixteen Women.

Mae Wood Sues the Senator Again
and Names Sixteen Women.
Suit has been brought in the Supreme
Court of New York City by Miss Mae
Catherine Wood against United States
Senator Thomas C. Plat and there is ev
cry likelihood that it will create sensa-
ton when it comes to trial. As the case
now stands the complaint and the answer
have been served and unless the lawyers
go into court with some motion the suit
cannot be heard until it is reached on the
calendar for trial. Miss Wood. who is
at Colon, Mich, is quoted as saying: az
instituted divorce proceedings on Dec. p
last in New York against Senator Plat
through my attorney, Mr.. O'F'laherty. /
have named sixteen women as correspond
ents. The trial will disclose crimes of
various kinds"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
INDIANA LAWMAKERS.



Gov. Hanly has vetoed tie bill ;ntrf
duced by Representative Faulkner =
the purpose of giving the title Of err
submerged land at the Indiana eR
Lake Michigan to the owners Of
abutting the lake. 1t was in5fHduced
the interests of the United States Ste
Corporation and the town Of Gary. III,
veto was based on two reasons-that IN
bill in its present form probably is Dq
constitutional. ard that il safeguards til
rights of neither the State nor the ste<
corporation. As the bill reads. those own
ing property on the lake front could q
the title to the submerged lands. out -
the dock line, by having prepared a pla|
showing the number of acres thus sub
merged. This done, the State. on receiS
ing SO an acre, was TO turn over the til
to such land to the property owners. TIA
submerged land was to be filed in an
the steel company was to build on L
The Governors veto suggests that IL
title should not be given until the len
actually las been filed in.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Fun Crew Rin sixnsa.

Gov. Hanly has signed the fun cre<
bill that the representatives Of the raj
road mems organizations have been 3
solicitous about. This bill, introduced y
Representative Honan, provides for y
additional member of freight and pat
senger train crew The duty of this add
tional man will be 10 watch for sign&
and tend to the signals and flags on II
train on which be is working. II is sal
that this is the first State in the Unio
to pass such measure
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
sALToN SEA DAM HOLDING.
Railroad Spending 81, 600, 900 !
Curbing Colorado River.

The overflow of the Colorado river at
the Imperial valley dam has been stop
ped. The dam has STOOD test of two
weeks and another outbreak of the Colo
RADIO is believed TO be averted. The build
ing OF levees will be finished by April 10.
The cost of work on the twenty-mile
levee is nearly $1,000 day. and the
total expense of curbing the river will be
between $3,OOO,000 and S4,0O0,O0O. This
money will be expended by the Southern
Pacific
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

Several frsakish bills have been inn
duced. One was by Representative peaf
son of Lawrence county prohibiting stre'
geese and chickens from running throus
his premises. Another bill prohibited =
killing of eagles, of which there is nj
in Indiana. Another called for a s.
fine for walking on the grass in the sta
Louise yard. Others prohibited footbs
playing on Sunday. forbade the doping
of horses to deceive the purchasers an
fined children who desert their parents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
COLUMBUS Ice Men Guilty.

The jury in the case against the so
called ice trust in Columbus, Ohio. re-
turned verdict of guilty against c. NAL
colin Kinnaird ard w. f. Policy. Nine
other defendants were acquitted. The
maximum penalty that can be imposed
upon Kinnaird and Policy is fine of 3d.
900 and twelve months Imprisonment in
the county Jail or workhouse
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

The House of Representatives fous
over Mr.. Ratliff's State board Of asr
culture bill for the erection Of a 5000
live stock pavilion at the State faz
grounds for an hour, and then passed J
by vote of % TO 30. Enough Of II
many members who had declared thrP
love for the horny-handed sons Of Il
sod thought big pavilion the best mee1
of showing il. and put the bin through d
final passage in spite Of very astiy.
opposition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Many Hurt In Mine Explosion.

Fourteen men are lowering near
death in Taylor Hospital and twelve
others suffered slight burns through a
terrific explosion of gas that swept
through a portion of the Clark vein Of
the Holden mine of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Company at
North Taylor, near Scranton, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

A freight train on the Cleveland,
Akron & Columbus railroad ran past
the block at Warsaw Junction, near
Coshocton, Ohio, and went down a
thirfy-foot embankment. E. s. Hat
ton, fireman, of Delaware, Ohio. was
buried under the wreckage and is
dead. c. T. Norman. conductor, was
fatally hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Robs Cafe in city's Heart.

A lone bandit, armed with two re-
volvers and wearing a mask over the
lower part of his face, held up the Al
bany cafe in Broadway, in the heart of
the business center of Oakland. CAL, at
8 p. m. He secured $500 in cash and
escaped. There were five men in the
place at the time besides the bartender.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

The battleship Connecticut, running a
race with death to get those of her crew
among whom an epidemic of fever had
broken out to the New York navy hos
pital. passed the Virginia Capes. She re-
ported by wireless that fifteen of the sick
were in critical condition.and might not
live TO reach New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
w,nd.torn. Doc. Great Damage.

A terrific Mndstorm visited South
ern Muskingum county Saturday morn
Ing The Riverside grange hall, a
three-story building, just finished, was
totally wrecked. entailing a loss of
5000. The new High school building
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio. in course of con-
struction, was also damaged about
$1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
seeks TO Inualidate Sale.

j. A. Fogler, stakeholder in the Cali
fornia powder works. has brought suit to
have declared void the sale of its property
for $6.750,OO0 TO the +. |. Dupont De Ne
mours Powder Company. The plaintiff
claims that the sale was fraudulent in
that the property sold was really worth
S15,0O0,o00 and that the sale was made
for the purpose of throttling competition
in the making OF powder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
WOUNDED PLAYING BURGLAR.
Swain Is Shot by Brother on the Eve
of His Wedding.

Bert Grayeldinger returned home in
Tifhn, Ohio, from work at late hour the
other night and attempted a practical
joke by impersonating a burglar. So well
did he succeed that his 1T-year-old broth
er, Eugene. shot him in the neck. infict-
ing probably fatal wounds. The injured
man was to have been married next week.
The brother who did the shooting acct
dentally shot his mother in the arm re-
Gently and two years ago accidentally
wounded another brother in the same
manner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Shot . FeIlew Trnipman.

Charles Carroll, a Lake Shore
trainman, was shot and killed by
Frank Rowland, brother trainman. in
Howland's home at Goshen, Ind. How
land, having jealous suspicion of his
wife, went home and found Carroll Wis
fting her. He at once drew a revolver
and snot. Carroll died from his inju-
yies in a short time
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Two Rich Men Robbed.

George h. Swift, ex-Mayor of Chicago,
and Lo'i;s Clarke. a wealthy Philadel-
phian. i, is learned, were robbed in Palm
Beach, Fla, of several Thousand dollars
worth of je'velry. and there is small hope
of capturing the thieves, although extra
attempts have Isen made TO keep the af-
fair quiet in the hope of capturing the
offenders
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Four Dead in Railway Wreck.

A special train, carrying Gov. Woodruff
and the members of Company +, Second
regiment, Connecticut National Guard,
collided with regular passenger train
near Naugatuck, Conn. on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad, and
four persons were killed. The injured
number about thirty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
College Given $1,000, 900.

The receipt Of large gifts was announc-
ed at trustees meeting of the Teachers
college in New York. These amount to
about 100000. The money will be
used in part for equipment to build a
school for domestic economy and to COM
pIete the first $1,000, 600 for the endow-
ment fund for the college.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Accident on "Lv Road.

Several persons were injured by the
collapse of a part of the Third Avenue
Elevated railroad track at Chatham
square. on the lower East Side of New
York. One end of the rear car of a train
which was passing over the collapsed Sec
ton fell into the street Six passengers
were injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
TORNADO WIPES OUT A TOWN.
Washington, Ark, Practically De-
stroved and Lives Rerorted Lost

A special from Hope, Ark. says that
destructive tornado struck the town OF
Washington late Thursday night and al
most literally wiped it out of existence.
Two negroes are reported killed and sew
eral persons were injured. Among the
buildings destroyed were the Presbyterian
church. Episcopal church. Judge w. \.
lctter's residence. L. III. Williams store,
he residence of Sheriff Wilson and other
structures. Washington is a town of
about 500 inhabitants on the Louisville
and Arkansas raiIroad in the southwest
ern part of the State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

A tornado struck the town of Wash
ington, Ark, and almost wiped it out
of existence. Two negroes are report
ed killed and many injured. Many
buildings were destroyed including
several churches.