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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Expiosion Kills Ten or More.

Ten or more persons are dead and
twice as many injured as result of an
explosion on the Mississippi river
steamer H. NJ. Carter, near Bayou
Goula, about 100 miles north of New
Orleans, La. The boiler of the Carter
exploded while the steamer was on its
way from New Orleans to Baton Rouge
with a cargo of general merchandise
and fifty or more passengers. To ado
to the horror of the disaster fire sue
ceeded the explosion and the boat was
burned to the waters edge Reliable
reports from Bayou Goula are that
fifteen persons are missing, and that
the loss of life will be about the same
number. and about that number were
injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
DIAGRAM INDICATING HOW FORGERIEs WE'RE MADE.

now. Common brick was quoted in
Chicago for 500 to $5.25 in 1907. The
prices run $3.50 to $3.50 there to-day.
The saving on domestic cement in Chi
cago is $40 per cent, and in New York
about so per cent. Plumbing rates are
down about % per cent from the fig
ures Of the first of the year. Hard
ware for domestic purposes is about
20 per cent cheaper. So it goes
throughout the list of materials.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
LOSES SON AFTER Is YEARS.
Woman Denied Custody Of Child
Adopted by Washington Family.

After prosecuting a search for her child
for thirteen years and finding the boy in
Bellingham. Wash, last June. the adopt
ed son Of A. w. Deming. Miss Maude
Fields of St. Louis failed to secure pos
session of the child. Judge Neterer of
the Superior Court gave the boy into the
charge of his adopted parents. When
the child was 3 months old Miss Fields
left ii at a hospital in st. Louis. return
ing for it three weeks later. 1t had
been adopted and further information was
refused her. n long search which ended
in Bellingham commenced and for months
legal battles followed Miss Fields be-
came hysterical and threatened to take
her life when the decision was rendered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
JOB INSURANCE THE LATEST.
Every Policy-Holder Who Loses His
Place Gets $500.

Insurance Commissioner James V. Bar
r. of Michigan has discovered new form
of insurance among railroad conductors.
1t is Job" insurance scheme by which
exc cry man who loses his position through
any cause except drunkenness or garnish-
ment of salary receives 500. The next
Legislature will be asked to pass a law
regulating and controlling this form of
insurance. William J. Ross. n Michigan
Central conductor. is the organizer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Leaps Out of Window to Death.

A special dispatch received in, Paris
from Berne, Switzerland, says that Coun.
Rhenar, second secretary of the German
legation there. jumped from window
while suffering from an at ack of fever
and was killed. Count Rhenar was son
of Baroness Won Nieust, the morganatic
wife of Prince Charles of Baden, and was
engaged to niece of Prince Won Buelow,
the German imperial chancellor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

A road made from sand and sawdust is
the latest style of roadmaking designed
by George w. Cooney. Minnesota State
highway engineer. Last spring he made a
section of road with clover and rye on
a sand foundation. This has been very
successful. The road made from sand and
sawdust is at Cambridge, in Isanti coun-
ty. Four inches of sawdust were raked
on the sand road after being graded. This
was worked into the sand by passing
teams. and as fast as ruts are formed
the sawdust was raked into the ruts, to
be further mixed with sand
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Villain Was Too Realistic.

An intoxicated man. who believed the
villain in the play was in dead earnes-,
nearly put stop to theatrical perform
ance in the opera house in Redfeld, s. d.,
and created a small sized panic. No sooner
had the villain struck the supposed death
blow With a long, gleamink Knife than thu
drunken man arose unsteadily from his
seat and made for the stage. Sheriff
Hopkins Glanced to be sitting near and
arrested the disturber.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

pany, was llStencu
to with breathless
interest by a large
crowd that jammed
the courtroom at
the hearing before
II e f cree Franklin
Ferris in New
York T h u r 5 d a y.
With seeming cam
dor he told how
and why the conbi-
nation was created.
and cheerfully adj
mitted that it Sc
cured rebates from
the railroads which
enabled it to drive
competitors out Of
business.
If was fhe final 20
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
HUGE DEAL IN TOBACCO.
Growers Force Great Combine to
Come to Time.

The American Tobacco Company has
been made to bow down to the Bur,ey
Tobacco Society, some of whose members
unofhcially formed the bands of maraud-
ers known as might riders" who resorted
to- tactics that were unlawful and sacri-
feed many lives to attain their ends. BY
deal between the Burley Tobacco So
ciety and the American Tobacco Company
closed Thursday the 1906 and part of the
1907 crop of tobacco, involving 10000
900 pounds, becomes the property of the
American Tobacco Company at cost of
almost S14.OOO,OO0. The average price
per pound for the 1906 crop was 20la
cents. and II cents for the 1916. crop.
There is great rejoicing in Kentucky
among the night riders and those who
sympathize with them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
piuhtheria Record in Indiana.

The havoc wrought by diphtheria
throughout Indiana during the month
of October, 1908, is shown in figures
just compiled by the State Board of
Health from the monthly reports of the
County Boards of Health. In all there
were 1000 cases and AZ deaths. The
State Board of Health has renewed its
fight on diphtheria and is sending
broadcast over the State circulars CIV
ing instructions in preventing, diagnos-
ing and treating the disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Hunt Rabbit; Find So, 1000.

While digging around hole in which
a rabbit had disappeared, Edward Woods
and Thomas Dickinson. lumbermen en-
ployed near Oil City, Pa. uncovered an
iron kettle containing $1,000 in gold coins
and SD in silver. Old residents of that
section believe the money was buried by
John Caldwell, an eccentric farmer, who
died in an insane asylum nearly thirty
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Night Rider Leader Dead.

Tom Wilson. charged in Frank Fer
riner's confession with being the hang
man Of Captain Quentin Rankin at Wal
nut Log, Reelfoot Lake. died at the city
hospital in Nashville. Tenn. Congestive
chills caused his death. He was one of
the nine alleged night riders in Jail who
are seeking release by habeas corpus. Will
son was an lObion county farmer and
leaves widow and five children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Crane Stolen Froo Door

of Mrs. Lolita Wells. South Third
street. Terre Haute, Ind. was stolen.
Her son Elmer, aged u years, lay dead
in the house. Persons sitting up were
at the door at 2 o'clock and the Grape
WIS then in place, but at breakfast
time it was gone
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Auto Takes River Plunge.

A plunge into the Calumet river, caus-
ing the death of a man and woman,
brought to an end early the other morn
ing an automobile ride of a party of
Chicago merry-makers. Six other men
and women, the remainder of the group,
had a narrow escape, being rescued from
the icy waters by four witnesses of the
accident.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Girls Injured in Accident

A platform bearing 100 girls employed
at the Mercantile corporations plant in
Dayton, Ohio. collapsed while the young
women were being photographed. precipi-
tating its burden to the ground. Four
teen were more or less injured, but all
escaped death and but three were seri-
ously hurt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Elkins Marriage Not Likely.

A high official of the Foreign Office in
Rome, when asked: DO you know any,
thing about the betrothal of the Duke
of the Abruzzi and Miss Elkins?" said ::
THAT is an affair which concerns the
royal family. 1 do not know how mat
tiers stand, but my own presentiment is
that the marriage will not take place"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Lawton's Son to Lead Scouts.

AIanley Lawton, son of the late
Major Gen. Henry w. Lawton, who was
killed in the Philippine Islands in 1900.
has been appointed second lieutenant of
the Philippine scouts and ordered to Fort
Thomas, Ky.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Inventor Sells Patent and Dies.

Patrick j. Creedon, an inventor of Nj
agara Falls. n. Y, was found dead in
his bed at the Burnet House in Cincin-
natl. Creedon went there to dispose of d
patent bit and the previous day a con-
tract was drawn up for the sale of mis-
invention to newly organized company
for $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Uses rrank. Loses Job. Fined.

On plea of guilty. Judge Garland of
the United States court in Sioux Falls,
s. d., has fined Arson Wagar $500. Wa
gar was once United States commissioner
at Dallas. s. d.. and used his frank on
postal cards of private character. He
was removed from Office several days ago
by Judge Garland
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

Hundreds Of pounds of dynamite have
been exploded in the North river at New
York to learn whether Mrs. julius
Fleischmann committed suicide by drown
ing. She disappeared from home and
was last seen near the banks of the river.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
John d. on Witness Stand.

John ID. Rockefeller took the witness
stand in New York in defense of the
Standard Oil Company and talked freely
of his early life and of the formation of
the big corporation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Find Foot and Mouth Disease.

The discovery in Philadelphia, Pa,
of the presence of foot and mouth dis
ease among cattle, which is prevalent
in more than ten counties in Pennsyl-
vania, is causing much anxiety to the
authorities and they are doing every
thing in their power to check the
spread of the disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Mrs. Root Inherits s5oo.o 900.

Mrs. Elfhu Root, wife of the Secretary
of State, comes into possession of a for
tune estimated at from $25O.0OO to $780,
900 through the death of her mother.
Mrs. Salem III. Wales. whose will has
just been filed at Riverhead, l.. |.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Tainted Beef Kills a Woman.

Ptomaine poisoning, resulting from
eating tainted beef, caused the death of
Mrs. John Il. Hoge in Washington. Her
husband. a clerk in the postofIicc. and
her daughter were made i'll by eating
beefsteak at dinner, but will recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Powder Blast Kills Two.

Two men are dead and two others
probably fatally injured as the result
of the explosion of a blast of three
kegs of powder in excavating work
along the tracks of the Chicago, Gin
cfnnati &c Louisville railroad near Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
For the first time the great automobile

For the first time the great automobile
race for the Vanderbilt cup has been won
by a machine designed and built in Amer
lea and of American material. More
over, the driver Is an American. George
Robertson. The machine was 100 horse
power locomobile. The average speed
made was GA miles an hour. lie made
the 25SS miles in 4 hours and As 10 min
utes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

In the Ozark mountain region, where
bitter rot and other diseases had become
so bad that farmers were becoming fear
full lest they lose their orchards, the gov
eminent showed them how to apply meth
ods which have resulted i'm the saving Of
about 90 per cent of tie crop wherever
intelligently applied.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

Receivers have been appointed for the
Hudson River Electric Power Company,
which was organized in 1903, and con-
trolls the Hudson River Water Power
Company. Hudson River Electric Com
pany and Hudson River Power Trans
mission Company, together with various
sub-companies owned by the last two
named. supplying central ant eastern
New York State with power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Indiana Girl Has Fine School Record.

Indiana Girl Has Fine School Record.
Miss 'Goldie Gibson, of North Salem,
Ind, it is believed. holds a State rec
ord for school attendance. She is a
High School pupil now in her third
year, who has not been tardy. sick or
absent in her eleven years of school
life In addition. all her grades have
been good She hopes to complete the
twelve-year course and graduate with
the record unbroken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Four Die I'm Burning Building.

A building of the Crystal Ice Com
pany's storage plant in Mount Carmel,
Pa, was destroyed by fire, and Adam
Counsellor. his wife and child and Monroe
Snyder. who had sleeping quarters in the
place, were burned to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

The National Civic Federation will hold
it, annual meeting in New York. Trade
agreements among employers and en-
ployes as a means of promoting industrial
peace and commercial prosperity" ''ln-
dustrial Insurance" Employers Liabil-
ity." and THE Salary Loan Evil will BE-
among the subjects discussed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Gompers Is Reelected.

Samuel Gompers was reelected pres
ident of the American Federation of La
Dor at its Denver convention, and Dan
iel J. Keefe withdrew his candidate for
the executive committee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
1nmns from q Train Window.

Earl Wheeler. 13 years old. of James
vile. is. escaped from reform school
officer by jumping through window of
a car going forty miles an hour The
boy was uninjured and got away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Freeze Kills in FloriG =.

There has been ice at Cottonwood. Ala,
one-eighth of an inch thick for three
mornings and all tender vegetation both
there and across the line in Florida has
been killed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Bank Breaks Following Run.

The First National Bank of Fort
Scott. Kan. one Of the oldest banks IN
the State. closed its doors Friday MORN
ing. The bank had deposits &c $702. 900.
The closing followed a run on the bank,
during which depositors withdrew &c.
Goo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Woman Gets Five Years for Perjury.

In Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Alpha NJ. She
Waller, accused of perjury. was sentenced
to five years in prison. During will
contest she testified that Mrs. Helen
Horn died without leaving any cash or
personal property. More than $1,000 was
discovered in Mrs. Sheyalicr's possession.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

reports on the Argentine wheat crop
are so conflicting as to cause a i,y.lv
disturbance i'm the market. The South
American crop has been damaged by
storms and frost. Estimates as to the
extent vary. The government report
places the loss at ii per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Hold Citizens Off; Rob Safe.

Robbers held several citizens at bay in
Attica. Ohio, while they blew open and
robbed the safe of Renninger & Silcox of
$4,000. The robbers were fired upon,
but escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

1t is reported at Detroit, Mich, that
more than forty cases of foot and
mouth disease have been discovered in
herds of cattle in Livonia Township,
In Wayne County.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Hop Yield Is Poor.

The total yield of Russian hops is the
worst in the past ten years, although the
area of hops plantations has been greatly
increased, according to a report of James
w. Ragsdale, American consul at st.
Petersburg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Three Ohio Counties Vote Dry.

BY majorities respectively 766. 500
and 975. Jefferson, Sandusky and Gler
mont Counties voted dry. knocking out
30 saloons. Prince County voted wet
by 10.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Van Vlissineen Assets rncreas.

Real estate owned by Peter VAN Wis
singer, Chicagos arch swindler, will
bring total of assets up to $4,000. His
wife is believed entirely dependent on her
own efforts to make q living.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

principle, Ruth Bryan Leavitt will not
seek to free herself from David Homer
Leavitt through the Denver (Colo.)
courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-30
Hogan Says They VIII
Fight grade Crossings

the courts
"There are needed several hundred VIA
ducts for the greater protection of the
lives of the citizens The construction
of these viaduets will mean a great out
lay of money. To force the railroads
to expend this amount will require great
effort and much time As soon as we can
act, however, we are going to undertake
the task. As I understand it, the rail-
roads are willing to bear certain
amount of the expense but are baking
at the expenditure of millions As Mayor
Ward stated yesterday morning the ao-
QUESTION of contiguous property and the
damage to other property which owners
still allege is one of the principal handi-
caps in the way at the present time.
But the magnitude of the problem will
not cause us to shirl1 the duty The
citys suit against the Alabama Great
Southern and other railroads will be
brought to trial at an early date, I UNI
derstand, and the conclusion of this case
will be the signal for Our start. II
the court sustains the city then our au-
thority is good. If we lose, then we will
resort to other means and If necessary
procure new authority from the legisla-
ture."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-30
NEGROES BROUGHT
HERE FOR SAFETY
Sheriff Gewin Brings Eight
from Greensboro
ORDERED BY GOVERNOR
Rumors Had Reached Governor Conner
That Mob Was Forming for
Purpose of Lynchng
Prisoners.
ORDERED BY GOVERNOR

Chained by their necks. arms and legs.
seven negro men and one negro woman
charged with the murder of ex-Sherilr
Robert Drake of Hale county, several
days ago, were brought to Birmingham
early yesterday morning and placed in
the Jefferson county jail for safe-keep-'
ing.
Sheriff Gewin of Hale county was in
charge of the prisoners having brought
them to Birmingham on instructions given
him by Governor Conner Saturday night
The governor received information ont
that night that mob was organizingI
at Faunsdale for the purpose of march,
ing on the Jail at Greensboro and lynch
ing the negroes. Sheriff Gewin then
placed the negroes on special train and
rushed to Acton, where connection was
made with the regular Alabama Great
Southern train for Birmingham.
The negroes were rather sullen upon
their arrival here and would say but It'll
tie regarding their arrest. They will
probably be held here until time for theirl
trial, which is expected to occur in al
short while, arrangements being underl
way for the holding of a special session.
of the court for their trial.
The negroes brought here are Joe Me-
Daniel, Charlie Taylor Blame Bryant,
Phil Ellis, Ed Ellis, Clarence London.
Shade Williams and Annie London.
The following dispatch received last
night from Greensboro tells of the re-
moval of the negroes:
Greensboro, November 29.-(Special.)-
Late Saturday night after the close of
telegraph offices Governor Conner ordered
Sheriff Gewin to take the eight negroes
he had in Jail here charged with the muir
der of ex-Sheriff Robert Drake and carry
them under a strong guard to Birming-
ham. A special train on the Southern
road carried the prisoners and their
guards to Akron and from there they
went by the regular Alabama Great South
ern train to Birmingham reaching there,
at O'Clock Sunday morning. The gov-l
ernor ordered the removal of the prison-l
ers to Birmingham, 1t is said, becauseI
some one at Faunsdale told him over thel
phone that a large crowd or mob hadl
gathered there Cat Faunsdale) for the
purpose of coming to Greensboro and
taking the prisoners out of jail and lynch
ing them. Sheriff Gewin did not believe
that any mob violence would be attempted
but he promptly obeyed the orders of
the governor.
1t is rumored here, but cannot be sub
stantiated, that a negro was lynched
near the line of Hale and Marengo coun-
ties for burning down a negro mans
house
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-30
WILLIE BUSY WEEK
FOR CITY COUNCIL

one with the members of the City Coun-
Gil.
Prior to the meeting of the council
Wednesday night all of the standing
committees will convene for the purpose
of transacting routine business.
The miscellaneous committee, which
meets tonight, will prepare license
schedule to be effective in 1909. The UNI
derstanding is that there will be only
a number of minor changes in the 1908
schedule. The question of charging a
higher license for the sale of near"
beer than is charged for the dspensa-
ton of soda water is expected to prove
a live issue.
Chairman Hedt's special committee APP
pointed for the purpose of inquiring into
the Eleventh ward land deal will also
meet tonight. AS Is known the city was
preparing to pay $4,000 for 40 acres Of
land in the Eleventh ward when the fact
became known that Alderman Forney
held an option on this property. Mayor
Ward for the city possesses an option
at the present time on the property for
$4,000, this option being good until De-
cember II, 1908.
The judiciary committee at its meet
ing Tuesday afternoon in addition to
the transaction of the usual routine bus
mess, will investigate as to whether or
not an alderman employed by corpor-
alton operating under a city franchise
loses his seat in the council. This mat
ter was brought up at the last meeting
of the council, the alderman concerned
being Jack Greener of the First ward.
In addition to the above matters, all
of which will come before the council,
and in addition to the usual amount Of
routine business, the aldermen at their
meeting Wednesday night will have to
deal with two other matters of interest.
The first of these will be the report of
the special committee appointed to in
vestigate the charge that Alderman
I<lotz profited as a result of a deal
between the city and the Birmingham
Realty company, and the other the re-
port of the city democratic executive
committee giving the result of the COM
mittees investigation as to the merits Of
the aldermanic contest of A. A. Gambill
and Asa L. Hoyt. There is new interest
in this Third ward contest for the rea-
son that although the committee by res
o1ution adopted at its last meeting de-
clared that Mr.. Gambill had failed to
sustain his contest, a report signed by
a number of the minority will be present.
ed to the board declaring that the COM
mittee was unable to obtain all the evil
dence bearing on the controversy and
that, therefore, the finding was not con-
elusive
The council, in addition to all the fore
going, will elect city health officer.
This candidate will be nominated tonight
by the Jefferson County Medical asso-
citation at it's regular meeting in the city
hall The association will also nominate
a county health officer for next year.