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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Great Coal Bed Opened.

The Lehigh Valley Coal Company
has opened what is believed to be the
largest stripping in the world It is
located at Lattimer, Pa, and the coal
is in solid bed 1900 feet wide, 80
feet in thickness and extends from
Lattimer to Drifton, at least six miles.
1t is estimated that were the company
80 take out 500 tons daily it would re-
Quire $50 years to exhaust the supply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
by the Few for the Enlightenment
~ the Many.
Cardinal Gibbons, birthday;

Cardinal Gibbons, who was 20
years old this week, celebrated the
event quietly at the home of friends
In Westminster, Md. The cardinal
said he was in splendid health. In
commenting on his long life and his
work the cardinal said that a life of
usefulness and helpfulness to ones
fellow men is the only life worth liv-
ing and with the glorious hope of
Immortality the measure of ones
years was not bounded by time, but
endured forever.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

A Six-story building, 100x11S feet in
dimensions, collapsed at Nos. 116, lis
and 120 Franklin street, Chicago. ILL.,,
at few minutes before z a. m. Tues
day and the Swigart Paper Company
sustained loss OF $4,000. Usually
the sidewalk and alley on the margins
Of the structure were filled with work.
men at the hour of the collapse. Owing
to the hot sun both thoroughfares we're
deserted. A tramp who has been sleep
ing In the alley entrance may be un-
der the ruins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

According to government reports for
the last fiscal year, 1863 vessels. aggre-
eating 51O.S65 gross tonnage, wefe built
in the United States, this being greater
number of vessels and far greater ton
mage than during any other year for half
a century. The record shows a steady de-
cline in the building of schooners and a
corresponding increase in steamers, but
there is now appearing a considerable
number of schooners equipped with aux
iliary motor power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
BLUE DIAMOND SCANDAL ENDS.
American Countess Who Accused
Diplomat Escapes Libel Suit

The libel suit for damages brought by
Alexandra Greger, Russian diplomat.
against Count Rodellec du Porzic, grow
ing out of the theft of the famous blue
diamond, belonging to Countess du Porz;c,
has ended with the courts rejection of
Greger's petition in Brest, France. He
was ordered to pay the costs of the suit
Greger, with his wife, was guest at
the Countess du Porzic's castle, Ker
Stears, in Brittany. The blue diamond,
one of the crown gems of Louis Philippe,
disappeared and was found in Greger's
baggage. The countess had him arrest
ed, but the matter was finally patched
up without prosecution. Countess du
Porzic is an American woman who first
married Gen. Stears, an Englishma2, and
on his death married Du Porzic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
british steel Rail- Combine.

The principal English, Welsh and
Scotch makers of steel rails are reported
to have entered into an agreement with
competitors in other lands so as to virtu-
ally control the entire worlds markets.
The United Kingdom and British colonies
are reserved for the British makers by
making the minimum price higher than
that of South America, which is reserved
for the United States, while the rest of
the European market will go to the Ger
man, French and Belgian makers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Young Coupla Drowned

While boating on McCullough's lake
at Lima, Ohio, j. L. Davis and Miss
Docia vebryke were drowned by the cap
sizing of their boat The bodies were
caught in the lake under weeds, and the
fire department worked all night dragging
the lake. recovering the bodies at day
break. The victims are said to have been
engaged
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
cnbana WOULD EIGHT for n s

The War Department has received a
letter signed by two Cubans at Havana.
Offering their services to the United
States government in the event of war
with Japan. The prospective volunteers
asserted that they were moved to take
this step by a sense of obligation to the
United States for freeing Cuba from the
control of Spain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Joseph Jenetti. in Jail at Belleville,
III. confessed to setting death trap
IN the Consolidated Coal mine at Col
hnsville, ILL.,, July /. The trap killed
his cousin, August Jenetti, and also
killed Louis Cologne. He duplicates
another coal miner, who is not under
arrest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Troops Prevent Lynching.

With the peaceable dispersal of posse
of 300 men who had formed at Gretna,
La, to lynch three of the Italians con-
victed of the murder of little Walter
Lamana, an acute crisis in the law and
order record of Louisiana safely passed.
The jury refused to vote the death pen
atty for the kidnapers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
WILLIAM JANUARY is SET FREE.

Missouri Man Like Jean Vatican Re-
leased from Kansas Prison.
William January, alias Charles w.
Anderson, for whose pardon petition
containing the signatures of $4,000 per-
sons was presented to President Roose-
welt three months ago, was released
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Wire Strike Is Settled.

The telegraphers' strike is settled. The
struggle which began in San Francisco
and Oakland. CAL, June 81 and threat
ened to tie up the telegraph wires of the
country ended Friday when the striking
operators on the Pacific coast almost
unanimously agreed TO return to work
pending arbitration.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Rate Law UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Federal Judge Pritchard at Asheville,
n. c.. declared the penal clause of the
new North Carolina rate law unconsti-
tutional and scored the state for defiance
Of labeas corpus for Southern Railway
agents sentenced to the chain gang. Gov
ernor Glenn ordered an appeal, and
Roosevelt has taken a hand.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Two foreigners and one American
were killed. in a powder house explo-
sion at Two Lick mine, near Grafton,
w. Va Six others were badly injured,
some of whom viii die. A foreigner
with pipe caused the explosion. The
property loss will be heavy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Stable and Contents Burned.

A barn belonging to William Now
rey. at Emma, Ind, was burned. One
horse, stallion. was burned, together
with all his grain ant hay. The loss
Of the horse Is very heavy on Mr..
Mowrey
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

If the rate of business failures Is q
good criterion. prosperity cannot be said
to be on the wing so fast. The record of
5,607 failures in the first half of this
year, as reported in Dun's Review, is the
best statement for the corresponding pc
Rod since 1899. But the total CT liabili-
ties, $50, SIS, 662, is little above the av-
erage, due TO few very large bank
ruptcies at New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Ships Crash on Pacific

The steamer Columbia of the San
Francisco Portland line sank with 100
persons at midnight Saturday off the
California coast. She had 300 passengers
aboard, of whom only 1873 are known to
have been saved The Columbia was run
down by the steam lumber schooner San
Pedro, which is aAoat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Rains Cause Floods.

The loss Of several lives and great mon
etary damage has resulted from heavy
rains throughout western Pennsylvania,
eastern Ohio and West Virginia. The
river and mountain streams are out of
their banks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Fight Mail Order Firms.

Thousands of retail merchants in the
small towns and cities in the middle
West are said to be hocking into new
organization. the Home Trade League of
America, which has for its object the
wiping out of big mail-order houses,
which, they claim, are threatening their
existence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
EMPEROR OF KOREA ABDIcATEs.

Gives Up the Throne After Confer
ence with Elder Statesmen.
The Emperor of Korea has abdicated
formally after a long conference with
the elder statesmen of the empire. At
ter a secret all-night conference the
Korean cabinet recommended to the
Emperor that an emperor regent be APP
pointed and that he proceed to Toxic
and apologize in person to the Emperor
Of Japan for having dispatched a dele
CATION to the Hague peace conference
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Siberian butter goes to Hamburg, u
repacked and sent to the far East as a
German production. Russian sugar goes
to Japan in an Austrian disguise, ana
Russian calico is sold there under a Ger
man wrapper. Those are some of the
reasons why the ussoJapanese CONNER.
cial Company has been formed in Rus
sia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Hailstone of Five Pounds.

Hailstones the size of hickory nuts and
oranges fell in abundance at Hatfield,
Ark, several being much larger. Post
master Smith weighed one, which was as
large as a mans head, and which weighed
five pounds. Crops were ruined over an
area On two square miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Four Aeronauts Perish.

The military balloon which assembled
from the aaronautic park at Tsarkoe Selo,
near st. Petersburg, last Friday manned
by four army officers has been picked up
at sea in a water-logged condition. 1t 10
believed that the aeronauts persisted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
MINISTER'S Ride in Airships.

Premier Clemenceau and General Pic
quart of the French cabinet made a tour
above Paris in the airship Patrie. the
premier being drenched with hot water
in an accident to the ships engine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Bowling Green, an African, was
hanged in the Allegheny County Jail
ut Pittsburg. Pa He went to the gal
lows singing. Green shot and killed
his young wife, Annie. Jealousy was
the cause.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Woman Tourist Dies in Fire,

The depot and depot hotel at Sisson,
Cal, were burned to the ground as the
result of the explosion of a lamp. Miss
Laura Sake, school teacher who had
just arrived there from New York to
climb Mount Shasta, was burned to
DEATH Several others were badly injured
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Mrs. Garfield Mckinney, bride of
four months, committed suicide at
Frankfort, Ind, by drinking carbolic
acid. No cause is known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

The death of E. Mcqueen. the engi-
neer in the wreck on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, at Waldron, No.,
makes the twelfth man in the Mcqueen
family to be killed on duty. all on 10
comotives, since 1888
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
pr. KarI Hau Convicted

DIR. Karl Hau, Washington University
professor, was condemned to death at
Karlsruhe, Germany, for the murder of
his mother-in-law. Crowds surrounded
the court house protesting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
COAL LAND FRAUD CASES.
Millionaire Is Convicted, with At
torneY and Merchant.

E. NJ. Holbrook, a millionaire; L. f..
Lonabaugh, prominent attorney, and
Robert McPhillamey, well-known bust
ness man of Sheridan, were found guilty
in the federal court in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
of conspiracy TO defraud the United
States government of coal lands in Sheri-
dan county. The maximum penalty on
each of the tw6 counts on which the men
were tried is two years in the peniten-
tiary and fine of $4,000. Judge Riner
announced that he would impose sentence
in a few DAYS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
January Set Free.

William January. who was sent back
to the Leavenworth prison as an escaped
convict after leading an honest life for
nine years, has been set free.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Kills Faithless suitor.

Marietta Dennoro, Is years of age, an
italian girl, shot and instantly killed
Raffaele Darbato, 10 years of age. in the
street in Cleveland. They were to have
been married July 3, according TO the
story of the girl. She says he refused.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
WIDOW ELoPEs WITH EMPLoYE.
Connecticut Woman and Hired Hand
Leave Farm for Altar.

Leave Farm Tor Altar.
Mrs. Mary Marius, whose age is 63
years, and who resides in Winchester
road, near Winsted. Conn.,, and Corne-
Illus Andrius, SO, who has been employed
by Mrs. Marius on her farm for the past
few years, amazed their friends when
they were married in Poughkeepsie, y. Y.
recently. The union was kept a secret
by the couple for nearly a week. Which
proposed, neither will say. AS the couple
left Winsted early in the morning and re-
turned home in the evening of the same
day, their friends and neighDors suspect
ed nothing. But the happy bride could
not keep the secret any longer, and con-
fessed that she and Cornelius had run
away and been married.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Justice Keough of the New~York Su-
preme Court has enjoined all dealers
throughout he State from handling the
Thomas A. Edison records without the
permission of the New York Photograph
Company. About $32,00O,O0O is said to
be involved in the suit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Tragedy at Nunica, Mich.

Henry Scutcheon, farmer of Nunca,
Mich, crazed by financial troubles, killed
his wife. son and father-in-law and was
himself slain by a neighbor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

A Pittsburg woman's club reports that
many wives, in the race for social SUI
rremacy, are causing their husbands to
mortgage their homes to buy automobiles
they cannot afford.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Ps~ao0ce Mt Mnrengo, Ind, Robbed.
Tie postofice at Marengo, Ind. was
robbed of about $1,000 in stamps
mol.ey orders and $500 belonging to
the deputy postmistress. Miss Anna
Turner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
vardaman Pardons Mrs. Birdsong.

Gov. vardaman of Mississippi, acting
under the unwritten law, pardoned Mrs.
Angie Birdsong. who was convicted OF
killing her family physician.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Uays "Joan Of Arc,n Fatally Burned.

A game of Joan of Arc" in which the
participants were all Minneapolis girls
under 10 years old, resulted in fatal in
juries to little Mia Njorling, who played
the part of Joan. She was burned in a
bonfire that supplied the setting for the
drama.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Congressman Rainey of Illinois warns
Tammany that Roosevelt intends to enter
the race for reelection and declares that
BRYAN is the man TO defeat him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Boys in the residence section of East
Celina, Ohio, are catching huge carp in
the village streets as a result of an over
How of the Grand reservoir, the largest
artificial body of water in the world. The
overflow followed heavy rains.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Japanese Control Seoul.

Twenty-Five japanese and number of
Koreans were killed and many persons
were wounded in fights in Seoul. Jap
anese troops have taken control of the
CITY,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

The largest frog is now stated to be
the new Rama goliath. from the Cam
eroons, with head and body measuring
not less the:i ten inches.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Lieut.. Col. Ayres, who recently backed
up his wife's criticism of West Point Off
Gals and the army, is ordered before re-
firing board.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

Forty thousand persons are engaged in
the manufacture of stockings in England
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
Str deaths from Heat IN st. Lou,,.

. During the past twenty-four hours
six Deaths from heat prostration have
been reported at st. Louis, Mo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25
100 SINK WITH SHIP.
TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE OFF
CALIFORNIA COAST.

Large Vessel Bound for Portland,
Oregon, with More than 200 Per-
sons on Board, Sent to the Bottom
by Lumber Carrier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

The Northwestern and st. Paul roads
will not have to pay Wisconsin license
fees due prior to Feb. /, 1898. The
Wisconsin Supreme Court decided that
the statute of limitations bars such col
lection.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-25

to protest against the attitude of Japan.
This program was urged as the only
solution that would prevent the Empe-
ror's forcible dethroncment.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
GIRLS RELAY RACE.
FOR ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
LAST OF THE SERIES OF PRELIMI-
NARY CONTESTS.
Children of Local Public Fairgrounds
Participate in Contests
Of the Scores.

The last of the series Of preliminary CON-
tests for the annual fall tournament Of the
local public Fairgrounds. to occur Septem-
Washington Playground Association. was
held yesterday afternoon.
The results. by grounds. were as follows:
North Capitol won from Virginia Avenue
by score Of So to 81; Towers won from
Ludlow by SO to 81; Rosedale won from
Juvenile Court by 1O3 to AZ. and Neighbor-
hood House won from Jefferson, score not
yet complete.
Supervisor Curtis Of the public play
grounds announced today that he was espe-
cially pleased with the good order pre-
served on the various grounds during the
contests From the time the games began.
at O'Clock, until they were completed,
about 8 O'Clock. no disturbances arose at
any point to mar the courtesy records of
the competing grounds. Such Is rather re-
BILE, according to DR.. Curtis, in view
or the past. when 1t was necessary to op-
pose all sorts of sectional feuds, among the
children.
Everything is said to point to the most
successful tournament Oh the playgrounds'
history next September. 1t Is probable that
Van Ness Park will be selected as the field
!or the events as was the case last year.
More enthusia sm and eagerness to carry
out instructions have been reported by the
directors this summer than ever before
Inc attendance Of youngsters between
the ages of eight and sixteen years has
oeen very gratifying to the officials of the
association. Yesterday at the games the
number of children. not including the on
lockers, ran from 400 to 800 The daily
attendance on fair days Is reported as
practically up to this standard
Evening star., 1907-08-15
Plant Of the Thin Woman.
the Chicago Inter Ocean

From the Chicago Inter Ocean,
What is especially needed at the present
time" said the busy woman SIS a new
style compliment for thin people. The at
titude of the public toward the "willowv'
type OF human being. especially the female
species. Is puzzling. Those who carry a few
extra layers Of flesh seem to feel a consum-
ing compassion for those whose frame is
less abundantly covered. In their opinion
the greatest compliment they can paw a
person of my meager proportions IS to ex-
claim: Oh. how we'll you are looking Your
race Is ever SO much fuller than 1t used to
be- ~
Just as sure I meet anybody who
wishes to be particularly agreeable sheer
maybe he-says that. They think II will
make me feel nice and comfortable. But It
doesn't. I don't want my cheeks to stick
out like full moons. I don't want to be fat
l don't want to be even stout. In fact. very
few thin neople do want to. That is why I
cannot understand the preva lence of this
form of compliment. No one would ever
think of saying to a stout person. oh. you
are so much thinner than you used to be- >
or to a 1orid person. oh. you are so much
whittier than you were Then why address
remarks so extremely personal to the lean
and hungry Cassuses Of either sex with the
idea of pleasing?
Evening star., 1907-08-15

Most people think It Is the stone itself,
when in reality the method Of cutting Is
what produces the cameo. The real mean.
ing OF the word Is unknown. its derivation
having never been discovered. but cor.
rectly speaking canoes are small sculp-
lures executed In low relief on some sub
stance precious either for Its beauty. rarity
or hardness.
There are emerald canoes turquoise
cameos shell canoes, coral canoes; indeed.
any substance that lends itself to carving
in such minute detail can be used for
cameo cutting. and nearly all precious
stones. except diamonds. have been 50
used Diamonds have been used for in.
taglios. but never for canoes. Emerald II
the most common precious stone from which
canoes have been made, and there are
some very flne emerald portrait canoes In
existence. notably those Of Queen Eliza.
beth In the British Museum. Shell canoes
were frst made In the fifteenth century, but
never became popular until recently.
Banded onyx 10 generally used for cameo
work because Of Its hardness and colorinG,
and 1t Is this fact that has caused the mis-
apprehension the stone being used so much
in making canoes that 1t has now become
better known as cameo than by its right
name.
Evening star., 1907-08-15
PLAGUE OF BIRDS IN ENGLAND.
The Result Of Crusade for Their Pro-
lection.

From the New York Sun.
The protection Of birds in England has
reached such a stage that tney have be-
come a nuisance, and now 1t Is not un-
likely that g systematic war will be waged
birds. which pay in sport and In the mar
ket 1t Is the little feathered creatures that
are bothering the farmers and gardeners.
OF course. the sparrows are the worst.
They have grown to millions in the south
ern part of England and the Kentish farm
ers have had to organize battues to reduce
their numbers as they were devouring seed
and grain and destroying fruit to ruinous
extent. Tens Of thousands of them have
been shot or caught with birdlime.
In Hertfordshlre. just north Of London.
the bullfnches are the worst offenders;
swarms of them darken the air and settle
down on the fields and In the orchards.
The statement made Is that they absolutely
denude the trees of fruit.
Each apple or pear has only little peck
taken from It. but 1t is thrown to the
ground and rendered totally unmarketable.
The farmers and fruit raisers here talk of
organizing formal hunts to thin out the
fiocks of birds. Starlings have also be-
come extremely numerous and are badly in
need of slaughter, the country people say.
The pigeons are the only birds constantly
slot all the year around in England. and in
spite of this their number never seems to
diminish. In one farm outside Of London
the proprietor reports that he shot re-
Gently $40 pigeons in a single day.
Farmers and gardeners and fruit growers
ment for the establishment of a scientific
system to combat the Increase in sparrows.
nnches. starings. crows and pigeons in the
interest of husbandry and horticulture.