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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
kitchen Weapon Beats Thief.

1t took two Philadelphia girls to JUS
tify the jokesmith's familiar quip about
kitchen utensils as women's weapons. Bes-
sie Park. 10 years old, and her sister
Jeanette, aged %, captured negro burg
lar after Jeanette had broken a potato
masher over his head, knocking him sense
less until the police arrived.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

to race suicide. Prof. Ross says he il
with those who hate famine, war, saber-
toothed competition, class antagonism,
degradation of the masses, wasting of
children, dwaring of women and cheap
ening of men," and asks if the time will
come when the mother of more than three
is regarded as a public benefactor and
placed on, the pay roll of the State"
Prof Ross himself is the father of three
children
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

After long search through ell the hos
pitfalls of Philadelphia, w. A. Wright,
young artist of Dallas, Texas, who had
been missing for several weeks, was found
by his father in the hospital at The naval
home. He went to Philadelphia and at
last, driven desperate by hunger, enlisted
IN the marine corps
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
eia Fire in Cincinnati.

Fire which originated firm some I'M
known cause destroyed the planning
mill and lumber sheds Used for the
housing of completed material and
hundreds of thousands of feet of lum-
Der, the property Of the Arirn & Korn
Lumber Company, of Winton Place, in
the northwestern part of Cincinnati,
Ohio. The loss is 100000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
HUDSoN's BAY TO GULF.
Plans Call for Canal Six Feet Deep
that Nav Be Navigated by Canoes.

A huge drainage ditch is to be con-
structed across the great watershed of
North America. according to the an
nouncement made by State Drainage En-
gineer George A. Ralph in st. Paul.
MINI. 1t Will connect Bowstring and
Round lakes, in Ithaca county. Plans for
the work have been prepared. Water from
Bowstring flows into Hudsons bay, and
Round lake drains into the Mississippi
river. The ditch will be six feet deep
and will permit navigation of canoes from
Hudson's bay TO the Gulf of Mexico.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
MISTAKE PREVENTS SUICIDE.


The mistake of a clerk in hardware
store at Sullivan prevented p. +. Ander-
son from committing suicide. Anderson
asked for cartridges. handing over his
revolver to be loaded. Then he placed
it at his temple and pulled the trigger
foar times, but there was no discharge.
The clerk had placed rim fire cartridges
in the revolver, which is a center FIRE
weapon
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Alleged Embedding Iowa Cashier Is
Appreciated in Kansas City.

W. A. Farren, alias NJ. ID. w. Adams,
former cashier Of the Farmers bank OF
Clear6eld, Iowa, was arrested in Kansas
City on The charge of embezzling the
school funds of Taylor, Iowa, on deposit
in the bank, causing the institution TO
fail. The bank closed its doors June 20,
1906, six months after Farren had given
up the position as cashier. The bank
failed for more than $4,000 and Farren
disappeared. For time the Iowa officers
traced the fugitive, but after a few
months he managed to battle all efforts
to locate him. Under the name of Ad-
ans, Farren has been working in Kansas
City as the janitor of large Office build
in0
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Five Thousand Divorces.

The judicial statistics for the year
ending June 80, completed Friday by
the Secretary of State. shows that
1874 divorces were granted in Ohio
last year, Cuyahoga County leading
with 765.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Disappears with $4,000.

Herman G. Stadon, confidential clerk
for Edwin Harrington, Sons & Co., MAX
ers of machine tools in Philadelphia, is
fugitive from justice. He is charged with
forgery and the embezzlement of $4,000
from the firm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Woman Maneled bv Lion Dead.

Mrs. Anna A. Eucke, ca years old. was
attacked at Luna Park, an amusement
resort in Pittsburg, by large numidian
lion which escaped from one of the side
shows. She succumbed to her injuries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
K;11s Girl and Burns Body.

Jealous because he thought she was go
Eng to marry another man, Lucas Koplin-
sky, farm hand on the estate of Aaron
MaIlett, at Tasnua Hill, just beyond Long
Hill, Conn, shot and killed Miss Lillian
Nallett, and to hide the crime he set fire
to the shed in which he had slain the
woman. Koplinsky has been arrested.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

The Naval Submarine Board, which
conducted competitive tests at Newport,
has reported unanimously that the Cctu-
pus is the superior Of the boats tested and
United States or under contract. The
opinion is also expressed that boat SINH
lar to the Octopus, but larger, would be
superior naval weapon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
NELSON Morris Is Dead.

Nelson Morris, the third member of the
famous big four" Chicago big packers,
died Tuesday morning at his home in that
city, in his 6Sth year. Philip ID. Armour
and Gustavus +. Swift preceded him TO
the grave, and Michael Cudahy is the
only survivor of the city's pioneers in the
packing industry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Hotel Mans FriqhtfuI Deed.

Thomas Lavelle, Granville, Pa, ho-
tel proprietor, shot and killed his Sis
ter and then committed suicide. The
motive for the tragedy is unknown.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Famous Blondin Still Living.

Charles Blondin, the once famous tight
wire walker, who made the perilous trip
acrcss Niagara Falls, is said to be living
the life of a hermit in West Cheshire,
Conn.,, although rumor had it that he
died ten years ago in London.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Rail Motorcycle Hurts Five.

In collision between railroad mo-
torcycle and a carriage containing FIVE
persons. at the Michigan avenue crossing
of the Iron Mountain track in st. Louis,
all the occupants of the carriage were
injured Walter Crate, aged years,
NAV die.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Unwritten Law Not Endorsed.

The American Bar Association, in ses-
sion at Portland, Me-, refused to put
itself on record as indorsing the unwrit-
ten law, and indefinitely postponed a SEN
sational resolution on the subject.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

At the business meeting at Colorado
Springs of the Imperial Palace Dramatic
order, Knights of Khorassan OF the
World, Seattle was selected as the meet
ing place for 1909. Daniel r. Summer,
Charlotte, n. c., was elected imperial
nrince
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

The auditors report of the condition of
the Exchange Bank of Macon. Ga, which
recently went into the hands of a receiver,
shows that the entire capital and surplus
had disappeared and there was an actual
deficit of So 800
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Secretary Roots Brother Dies.

Oren Root. brother of Secretary OF
State Elihu Root, and professor of math-
cmatics and natural sciences at Hamilton
college for twenty-seven years, succeeding
his father, died at his home in Clinton,
n. Y. He had been i'll for about a year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Newspaper Suffers from Flames.

newspaper cUHerS rfon FIdneS.
The loss on the Courier-Journal
plant at Louisville, KY, which was gut
Aed by fire shortly after midnight
Thursday is estimated to be about
100000. The machinery, while dam
aged to some extent by water, can
soon be put in shape. and it is stated
by Bruce Haldeman, president of the
Courier-Journal company, that there
would be no interruption to the bust
ness, the other papers of the city hav-
ing offered the Courier-Journal the
use of their plants until arrangements
can be made for the paper to resume
operations in its own place of bust
ness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
The statement is made that no imme

The statement is made that no imme-
date results will follow the negotiations
that Secretary Root has been conducting
with Ambassador Jusserand of France in
the directiSa of placing the latter country
on the same basis as Germany in the
matter of tariff Mr.. Root wants to first
find out the attitude of Congress as to
the German arrangement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Watterson's Paper Burned Out.

The CourierJournal building. at
Fourth and Green streets, Louisville, in
which are located the plants of the Cou-
rier-Journal and Evening Times, was de-
stroyed by fire. TIE fire started at the
top of IN elevator Shaft, supposedly from
defective insulation of electric wires.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Yale Chapter House Burns.

Sachem, a Yale-Sheffield senior society
chapter house, which was just completed
and would have been occupied for the first
time this fall, was destroyed by fire ir
New Haven, Conn. The building cost
$4,000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Use. on ON Kitchen Fire, Die.

Maud, wife of Albert Swarm of Elk
hart, is dead from burns received when
can containing what she thought was
kerosene exploded as she was pouring
Sofa of the fluid on the kitchen FIRE
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Restricted Birth Rate Desirable.

Prof. Edward 4. Ross. head of the So
GEOLOGY Department of the University of
Wisconsin, in lecture to the students,
said that restriction in the birth rate is
movement which at the bottom is sal
utary, and the evils in its train appear to
be minor or transient or self-limiting or
curable," thus taking direct issue with
President Roosevelt's well-known idea as
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Explosion Kills Three.

Three men are dead and fourth is dy-
ing as the result of a boiler explosion at
a lumber camp in tract OF timber on
the Hayette farm. about eight miles north
of Hagerstown, Md.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Father, Mother and Baby Lose Lives

When kerosene Explodes.
Charles Webster. his wife and 2-year-
old son were burned TO death in a fire
that destroyed their home near Mentone.
Two Enthusiastically, 10, and Mable, )
escaped. Some kerosene put in stove
by Mrs. Webster to start the fire iexplod-
ed. igniting her dress. The husband also
caught fire when be went to her rescue
The house was soon mass Of flames. and
the baby, which was in bed, could not be
rescued. The daughters made two unsuc-
cessful attempts TO save the baby.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Big Bridge Structure Falls.

Eighty-four bridge workers were hurled
TO Their death when three-quarters of a
mil. of the new bridge across the St.
Lawrence river five miles below Quebec,
suddenly collapsed and bore them into the
wafer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Wreck Train Crushed Into n Freight
mt Hngerstown.

A wreck train on the Pennsylvania line
crashed into a freight at the Hagerstown
yards, killing Roscoe +. Febern, 80, Of
Richmond, member of the wreck train
crew. Joseph Myers, William Owens. En-
gineer Frank Calkins, Joseph A. German
and Michael Bosworth. all of Richmond,
and Laurel Showalter of Middetown were
injured. All were on the wreck train.
The responsibility for the wreck has not
been fixed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
STORM HITS IOWA FAIR.

Heavy Damage Caused at Des Moines
-Airship and Balloon Burned.
\ windstorm struck the Iowa State
fair grounds in Des Moines the other day,
causing damage estimated at 100000.
\ live wire was blown against the Kna-
benshue airship and captive balloon, set
ting fire to them and destroying both.
The big tent of the International Har-
vester Company was blown down and the
exhibit was ruined by heavy rain and fire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
To Federnte the Employers.

Delegates from various employers as
sociations have been in conference at
New York for the purpose of forming
national federation in the hope of pre-
serving peace in the industrial world
The meeting was called and presided over
by President Van Cleave of the Manu-
facturers' Association. No final action
was taken, but one month was allowed
to permit the delegates to consult with
their respective organizations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Kills Woman in Hotel.

Charles f.. Andrews of Elkhart, Ind,
killed linda Ethel Blaine of Logansport in
their room at the Saratoga Hotel in Chi
cago. then committed suicide
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, in an in
terview at Bar Harbor, Me-, is quoted as
saying that the monetary troubles of the
country are due TO the fact that the pro-
gress Of the country has made its capital
requirements greater than can be at pres
ont suDDlied
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

President Roosevelt approved the SEN
tence OF dismissal from the navy of Chap
lain Jones. who was tried recently by
court-martial for financial irregularities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
800 Dead in Japan's Fire.

1t is learned that the conAagration at
Hakodste, Japan, destroyed 1900
houses, including all the foreign consul
ates except the American consulate, and
most of the public buildings. Three hun
dred lives were lost.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

The British House of Lords has passed
the bill legalizing marriage with a de,
ceased wife's sister, ending a fight which
has been before Parliament for seventy
five years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Brazil's Anger Aroused.

The anger of Brazil has been aroused
by the American plan for a permanent
court of arbitration at The Hague, in
which Brazil is rated as third-class
power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

An agreement has been reached on the
price to be paid by the United States
government to the owners for three isl
ands in Panama bay and for the improve
ments now there. The land is wanted for
canal purposes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Thinks Mrs. Eddy Sane.

DIR. Allan McLane Hamilton, noted
slienist of New York, has asserted the
firm belief in the sanity and mental vigor
of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy as result
e examination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Steamer Sinks in Wabash River.
The steamer Lafayette sank in the
Wabash river near Mt. Cornell. ILL.,,
after striking a snag. The crew and
passengers were rescued.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Mrs. Sunday Stillwell. 30 and deaf,
was killed by Lake Erie and Western
excursion train at Fairfield.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Built at Great Cost.

The contract was let for the erection
of the stone work to NJ. p. Davis &
Co., and for the iron work to the
Phoenix Iron Company of Phoenixville.
Work was begun in 1900. The original
estimate of the cost was in the neigh
borhood of $5,500O00, but this was
found to oe too small. The company
finding itself in difficulties and the gov
eminent needing the bridge for the Ma
tional Transcontinental Railway, an
agreement was reached by which the
government agreed to guaratee the
bonds of the company up to S1,6O0,OO0.
Under this agreement construction has
been proceeding. When completed the
bridge was TO have accommodation for
a double track railway, two lines Of
electric tramways and two r0adways
for foot and vehicle traffic.
There has been no bridge across the
ST. Lawrence below Montreal. At
Quebec traffic was fcrried across the
river. This expense being held respon-
sible for the failure of Quebec to grow.
a number of citizens secured a char
ter from the Dominion government to
bridge the st. Lawrence. A subsidy of
$1.oOO.OOO was secured from the domin-
ion and another S35O,000 from the gov
eminent of the Province of Quebec,
while the City of Quebec gave grant
of 100000. The promoters put up
S65C,OCO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Fire Of unknown origin practically
wiped out the business section of the
little town of Larwill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
CHICKEN SWALLOWS DIAMOND.


Baiks EmplOyer's Greed.
Susie Bell, colored servant in Evans
vile. while cleaning chicken found
diamond that is said to be worth S175
in the gizzard. Her employer took the
diamond from her, it is Sid, and refused
TO give it up until the woman consulted
an attorney. who was ready to file out
replevin papers when the man turned the
precious stone over to the servant. who
will be permitted to keep il until the real
owner can be found.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
A Circus Trust.

A circus trust, controlling all the
various greatest shows ON earth"
will be formed within a month with
Ringing Brothers in control. accord
ing to a report current in New York
City. 1t is understood that the Ring
lings hold an option on the great Bar
mum & Bailey circus, which carried
with it a contract controlling Buffalo
Bills Wild West shows. The Ring
1ings already own the Sells Brothers
and the Adam Forepaugh shows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
convicts Make Dash for Liberty.

Edward Quinn and Harry Harmon,
two convicts at the State Penitentiary
in Joliet, ILL.,, made sensational es-
cape from prison and are still at large.
Quinn is said to be one of the most
expert safe blowers in the country and
was serving a twenty year sentence
for burglary He had eight years to
serve. Harmon was in for burglary
under an indeterminate sentence. The
men were nurses in the hospital and
sawed through tie bars of a hospital
window, dropped into the prison yard
and with an iron hook and rope made
from sheets scaled the walls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

The Oregon Trust and Savings bank,
Portland, with deposits Of $3,20O,OOO and
liabilities of S3,2O0,O00, closed its doors
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

More indictments of Arkansas legisla-
tors are expected next month by Prose
cutting Attorney Rhoton of Little Rock
when the grand jury meets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05

Uncle Joe" Cannon is trying to quit
smoking, after being addicted to the weed
for forty years
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Wounded Pinned in Debris.

The horror of the situation is in
creased by the fact that there were
number of wounded men pinned in the
wreckage near the shore. Their groans
and Shrieks for n time could be plainly
heard by the crowds gathered at the
waters edge, but nothing could be done
to rescue them or relieve their suffer
ings.
There is scarcely a family in the
village of st. Romuald and New Liver
pool, which has not been bereaved,
while in some cases five and six men
of single family have been killed.
The bridge was remarkable in that
1t was to have been the longest single
span cantilever bridge in the world,
the length of the span in the center be-
ing 1900 feet, or 200 feet longer than
that of the Firth bridge at Edinburgh,
at present the worlds longest single
bridge span.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
sixteen BODIES Are Found.

All the men drowned were employees
Of the Phoenix Bridge Company of
Pennsylvania, and subcontractors of
Quebec and Montreal. At 10 O'Clock
at night sixteen bodies had been picked
up. OF the eight men in the Lewis hos
pital two were not expected to live
through the night.
The southern extension of the
bridge which collapsed was rapidly
nearing the zenith OF the immense steel
arch which was to span the river. For
500 feet from the shore the massive
steel structure reared an arch with no
supports save the piers from the shore
and one pier in the river about 100
feet from the shore, while the outward
extremity was IS feet above the water.
The end of the half arch bent down
q trifle and moment later the whole
enormous fabric began TO give way,
slowly at first, then with a terrific
crash which was plainly heard in Que
bee and which shook the whole coun-
tryside so that the residents rushed out
of their houses. thinking that an earth
quake had occurred
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
GIANT BRIDGE FALLS
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ENGuLFS
EIGHTY-FOUR WORKERS.
American Mechanics Hurled to
Death by Collapse of Record
Breaking Span Near Quebec-0nly
Eight mcn Escape with Lives.

section of the new bridge across
the ST. Lawrence River, five miles be-
low Quebec, collapsed late Thursday,
carrying scores of bridge workers and
mechanics TO death in the water. OF
the ninety-two men at work ON the
structure only eight are known to have
escaped.
The bridge was about mile and
half in length, and half of it, from
the south shore to midstream, crumpled
up and dropped into the water. The
whistle had just blown at 3 80 for the
men to quit work for the day, when
there came grinding sound from mid
stream. The men turned to see what
had happened, and an instant later the
cry went up: The bridge is falling,"
Workers Flee in Vain.
The men made rush shoreward, but
the distance was too great for them TO
escape. The fallen section of the bridge
dragged others after it, the swapping
Orders and cables booming like artil-
lery. Terror lent fieetness to the feet
of the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only few of them
reached safety before the last piece of
iron work on the south shore was
dragged into the river.
Near the shore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go below the surface of
the water, and eight workmen who re-
manned above water were rescued and
taken to the hospital at Lewis.
The steamer Glenmont had Just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
tion fell. The water thrown up by the
debris came clear over the bridge of
fhe steamer. The captain at once low
cred boats. The small boats piled back
ward and forward over the sunken
wreckage for half an hour. but there
was no sign of life. The twisted iron
and steel had its victims in a death
grip. 4 few floating timbers and the
broken strands of the bridge toward
the north shore were the only signs
that anything unusual had happened.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-08
KEATOR The VICTOR
Only Four Starters i'll Bay
view at Aqueduct.
DON ENRIQUE THE FAvORITE
PafchOgue Entry Gets Poor Ride by
Knapp and Is Next 30 Last-Wise
TIP on the Winner, and Price
Backed from Ten Down TO Five.
Three FavOrites Won.

New York, Nov. Three favorites and
three other heavily backed winners went
over the plate at Aqueduct to-day, where
another big crowd enjoyed good sport.
There were only four starters in the
Bayvlew Handicap for all ages at seven
furlongs. and the bulk of the money was
placed on the Patchogue Stables Don
Enrique 10 favorite Kentucky Beau
was second in favor at TO I. with
Ben Ban going hack to 4. Frank Browns 5
Keator, meanwhile, was the wise tip.
and he was backed from 10 down to 3.
When he got to the post he ran away
about quarter of mile before Mus
grave could get him under control. hut
the exertion did not injure the chances
of the old Charaxus gelding q bit, for
when the race was started he showed
a world of speed. He did not break in
front. but he lost no time in passing
all but Kentucky Beau. who was tin
canning out in front.
On the far turn Keat0r breezed past
Kentucky Beau without being extended.
and then galloped down the home stretch
absolute master or the situation AZ the
wire it was Keator by two lengths. with
Ben Ban in the place, three lengths be-
fore Don Enrique. who beat Kentucky
Beau d head.
Don Enrique was slow to begin. and got
a weak-looking ride from Knapp, which
caused TO end of grumbling. The time
was 1:2S. the race being run over a muddy
track