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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09

was to bring the best spring waters
from the mountains for the delegates
and their friends. The national COM
mittee arranged for q brigade of boys
in white suits and caps TO deliver wa
ter TO all parts of the auditorium. in
Guiding the telegraph operators in the
basement.
Every effort was made to deaden the
noises in the Auditorium. All the
wooden floors were covered with hemp
mating. The stairs to the speakers
stand were also carpeted. Fifty seats
will be saved by eleyating the band on
a temporary platform. The audito-
rum itself is marvel. The seats
are all opera chairs.
The committee inspected the conven-
ton hall with the beaning John l. Mar
tin, the standing sergeant-at-arms of
all recent Democratic conventions. They
found all arrangements at the Audi
torium in excellent shape. The hall is
net as large as the Coliseum at Chi
cago, but it dresses up well, and the
row of boxes along the outside help to
make the spectacle a brilliant one
Then the committee met in executive
session to select the temporary and per-
manenI presiding officers of the conven-
ton and to formulate the slate for the
chairmanships of the big committees.
Theodore 4. Bell, of California, was
chosen temporary chairman of the con-
vention by the Committee on Conven-
ton arrangements. Other appointments
made by the committee were:
General Secretary-Urey Wcodson Of
Kentucky.
Assistant General Secretary-Edwin
Seton of Washington, ID. G.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J |. Martin of
Missouri.
Chief Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-
c. Fem of Indiana.
Chief Doorkeeper-Eugene w. Sullivan
of Illinois.
Parliamentarian-N. ID. Crutchfeld of
Kentucky.
Champlain for Opening Day-Rt. Rev.
James J. keane Archbishop of Wyoming.
Official Stenogra pher-M. W. Blumberg
of Washington, ID. c.
Big Time for Early Birds.
Tom Taggart, Roger c. Sullivan.
Trey Woodson, and the rest Of the ear
~ birds had the time of their lives at
banquets, mountain trips, auto riding,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
tc.. a trip over the continental divide

ETC.. trip over the continental divide
on the Moffet road, and Taggart hit
Sullivan in the eye with a SNOWFALL up
above the Clouds BY splendid hospi-
tally of this sort the Denverites tried
TO take the minds of visitors off the ho-
the mountains.
Thos. Il. Taggart, chairman of the ma
tiOnal committee, will be the first Off
cial to call the convention to order and
get the business of nominating candi-
dates for President and Vice President
under way. He lives in indianapolis
and has been member of the national
committee eight years. AS chairman Of
the committee four years ago he was
nominally manager of the presidential
campaign. After Chairman Taggart has
Gained the delegates, a chaplain will Of
fer prayer. Trey Woodson, the Demo
cratic leader of Kentucky, will read
the official call for the convention.
Woodson has served twelve years on
the committee, of which he is secretary
Next after the reading of the call
Chairman Taggart will introduce the
temporary chairman of the convention,
Theo. A. Bell, of California. Bell was
Democratic candidate for Governor of
California two years ago and was de-
feated by only small plurality. Mr..
Woodson, according to the program,
will be chosen both temporary and per-
manent secretary of the convention, and
he will appoint his assistants. Col.
John l. Martin, of st. Louis, will. as
usual. be sergeant-at-arms. He served
in that capacity both in 1896 and 1900.
The allotment of seats to the dele
gates was not made until the day be-
fore the convention was to open. The
selections were made by lottery draw
ing. The names of the different States,
Territories and possessions were placed
in box, and, as they were drawn,
they were numbered conSecutively
When the drawing was completed the
seats for the different delegations were
told off, beginning at the center aisle of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Prof. Rimsky- Korsakoff, the Russian
composer, is dead. He was 81 years old.
Frederick A. Hyde and Joost III.
Schneider were found guilty in the land
fraud cases in Washington.
Henry Phipps of Pitts5urg has donated
100000 to Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore for the treatment of the in
sane
The transport Sherman, arriving at
Astoria from Honolulu, was found to
have smallpox on board and the l, 1872 men
were placed in quarantine.
Raymond Hitchcock has been enjoined
at New York by Henry w. Savage from
further appears nee in THE Merry-Go-
Round" at the New Circle TIheater on
the ground that he is under contract to
Mr. Savage until 1910.
Educational subjects will replace pic
lures of an immoral character in the prin-
cipal moving picture theaters of Chicago.
according to resolutions adopted at a
meeting of the Moving Picture Theater
Protective Association.
Mrs. Mary Bogardus Tower has started
suit in New York for separation from her
husband, Edward Albert Tower, the mill
lionaire ironmaster of Poughkeepsie n.
Y. efforts TO effect a reconciliation hav-
ing failed when he refused to agree TO her
stipulation that he stay home every night
On the statement of Bank Examiner
William |. Folds to the effect that the al
legged defalcation of William Montgomery,
formerly cashier of the Allegheny Nation
nj bank of Pttsburg, Pa, would reach
S1,25O.O00 instead of $4,000. as was
originally supposed. George K. Tener,
who was Montgomery bondsman, deliv-
cred him over to the United States au-
thorities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Iowa farmers expect the next Legisla-
ture to grant the State Dairy Association
an appropriation to hold schools of in
ktruction in the several counties. OF $50
candidates for the Legislature questioned
Dn the subject only six are unfavorable.
The battle between the dairy and oleo-
margarine manufacturers is on again be-
Sore the Department of Agriculture in
Washington. The dairymen insist that
oleo shall be plainly labeled as such, and
the cleo men are resisting such a ruling
with all their power.
James Slonek, a farmer working for
his brother in section 81, township OF
Tabor. Polk county, Mimi, left his pillow
in the field to take mis- life. No cause
for the suicide can beiobtained. Slonek
was unmarried and about 35 years old
He killed himself with a shotgun.
At Huron, S. D., two men were each
fined 500 and costs of suit. for selling
adulterated milk. The arrest was the TO-
suit of an analysis of milk sent to State
Dairy Commissioner Wheaton. The milk
was found to contain as a preventative,
formaldehyde.
Two wet seasons in succession have
convinced many farmers on the low lands
in northern Iowa that their drains are
entirely too small and they will have TO
be replaced by others double the size
Many land owners have already begun
reconstruction of their drainage.
Grasshoppers, which occasioned much
loss TO farmers in Schoolcraft County,
Michigan, last year, when myriads Of the
insects invaded pastures and fields, are
threatening a repetition of the havoc in
the same portion of the peninsula this
season.
Railroad men who are asking for high
er rates on cream and butter fat. claim
that the Beatrice Creamery Company, of
Lincoln. Neb. and the Blue Valley
Creamery Company are making good
progress toward monopolizing the butter
trade because of the low rates at which
butter fat is transported to their central
zing plants in many cities.
DR.. +. w. Chandler of Valley City,
y. d.. has gone into the breeding of prai-
RE wolves for profit and pleasure. He
recently secured eight fine specimens Of
the animals and has them confined in
what is probably the first wolf kennel
ever constructed in the Northwest. The
doctor believes that the wolves are sus-
ceptible TO the tanning influence of human
kindness and will endeavor to train the
octette in much the same manner that
dogs are handled.
The annual dipping of cattle in west
ern South Dakota has begun. The cattle
are in much better condition than usual
and very little trouble from parasites is
expected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
CHICAGO.

business generally enters upon the last
half of the year under improving condi-
tons and with a more confident estimate
for future activity. Evidences more
clearly indicate increasing consumption
of products, and manufacturing derives
strength from the better disposition
shown by railroads to issue important
contracts. Mid-year interest payments
swell transactions through the banks, but
pressure in commercial settlements has
added to current failures. Seasonable
weather stimulated various branches of
production and distribution, and there is
assurance of further resumption at fac
tories and railroad shops, which will afford
unemployment of much idle labor. Sales
in the leading retail channels have risen
to a gratifying aggregate. Wholesale
markets are well attended by buyers.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 81, against 81 last week
and &c year ago. Those with liabilities
of more than 5000 numbered 10, against
8 last week and o in 1907"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09

the sections reserved for the delegates.
By This method the delegates did not
know in advance where they would be
seated, and no favoritism was shown.
However, all seats are choice in the
Denver auditorium, thanks to the splen-
did arrangements made. Alternates
were not allotted seats in any desig-
mated part of their section. They were
permitted to take seats at will. The
section for alternates was immediate
ly behind the delegates. Each ticket
for the general public entitled the hold
er to seat in q certain section and
admission to the convention hall
through a designated entrance. This
system precluded n mad rush of spec
tators for choice seats and enabled the
ushers to do their work without confu-
sion.
Gavel and Sounding Board.
The gavel shown In the accompany
ing picture is the one furnished by
Chairman Tom Taggart of the Demo
cratic National Committee, to call the
national convention to order This
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
DENVER WIDE OPEN
FOR THE CONVENTION
"Queen City of the Plains" Arranges
to Give Political Visitors
a Good Time.
BELL IS CHOSEN CHAIRMAN.
Democratic National Committee Con-
firms Bryan's Choice for Tenn
porary Presiding officer.
Denver correspondence

Denver correspondence
A week in advance of the event Den
yer began filling up with visitors to
the Democratic National Convention.
Politicians and newspaper men gather
ed in large numbers to make plans for
their respective delegations and jour
nails, engaging quarters, reserving seats
and seeing that wire accommodations
are amply prepared.
The Denver merchants, through the
board of trade, planned municipal en-
tertainments for all who might be
within the city gates until long after
the nomination of Democratic candi-
dates, and the city's business men de-
clared that not one word should go
forth into the world derogatory of the
city's care of its visitors.
Denver spent its efforts and ener-
gies, throwing its heart and soul in
one grand advertising effort. Underly-
ing all Denver's claims to excellence is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
Annual Carnage in the Name of
Patriotism Is Very Large.

Once more the annual barbaric sac
rificial orgie of dealt and mutilation,
which masquerades under the guise of
patriotic celebration of the nations
Independence day. has passed. and the
fearful cost has been counted in part.
liz many homes there is mourning fOf
children who have met untimely ends
and adults whose lives paid the pen
atty of wanton folly. while in dark
ened chambers and hospitals through
out the country lie thousands of MAIN
ed and suffering victims.
Results OF the frenzied emthods by
which the Fourth of July is "cele-
brated' in the United States are given
in the Chicago Tribune's tenth annual
summary of the number of persons
on the morning of the 9Th reports
from all parts of the country showed
that forty-eight persons had been kill
ed and 1899 burned, MANNED. and
lacerated by the various instruments
used in making noise to celebrate the
signing of the declaration of indie
pendence
Chicago's death list jumped from
two in 1907 to twelve this year, and
led In the number of lives sacrificed
in the large centers of the country.
In 1907 New York bore the distinc-
ton of giving up the largest number
of its citizens to the frenzied patri-
otisn, having ten, which was two less
than Chicago has this year.
Cities in which the Fourth of July
deaths occurred were:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
G9MAMERCAL
J.. L.: =:l'::1 ftk
HSMx-Sa1lE MSSE
'zENANCA
NEW YORK.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Trade is quiet, but healthy
in tone, and the past week made moderate
progress in the right direction, despite
the Interruptions of holidays and politics.
Confidence in the future is evidenced in
many ways, encouragement being derived
from favorable crop reports and many
comparisons showing that June produced
much better results than any month since
the setback last October This was par
ticularly noteworthy in the insolvency rec
ord, June being the first month of 1908
TO supply smaller liabilities of CONNER
rial failures than the corresponding month
last year.
Manufacturing returns show the Gus
tomary mid-year curtailment of activity
for inventories and repairs, but resump-
ton is expected to be prompt, and many
idle plants started up on July ! with a
fair amount of business in sight, while
threatened controversies over adjustments
in wage scales are not materializing, labor
leaders approaching the necessity of con-
cessions in conformity with reductions of
prices"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

Martin Jensen of wheatfeld was
drowned in the kankakee river on re-
cent night He went in bathing and got
beyond his depth.
Alois Steiner. aged Is. went in swim
ming in a railroad ditch near Indiana
Harbor. was seized with cramps, and died
before he could be rescued.
The 2-year-old child of Prof. f. J. HUI
Der of South Bend was drowned at Eagle
Lake, falling from boat which was be-
ing rowed by the mother.
At Eaton a rowboat on the Mississin-
new river containing Lawrence Norton,
Miles Dawson and John Myers, was car
ried over a dam. Norton was drowned.
The companions were rescued.
John Stump, ~ years old. unmarried,
formerly employed at the water works
plant. was found dead in a cistern in
Evansville. The indications point TO sui
eide. as Stump had been out of work for
some time and was respondent.
Loisana Alvansa. Hungarian employ
ed at the cement mills near Bedford, was
literally scalped alive. He was in the
grinding department. and while crawling
unQer HldCninc HIS udlT Was Caught.
tearing his scalp completely off. cracking
his skull in two places and otherwise in
juring him.
The Indiana Supreme Court has held
imperative the law of two years ago de-
signed to compel express companies to de-
liver without additional charge packages
within the limits of cities of $500 popu-
lation or more. The court holds that the
State courts have no jurisdiction over ex-
press companies.
Frank Cruel. - years old. son of a
well-known business man OF Hobart. Is in
a dying condition at his fathers home.
because he was caught in y. z. Isaacson's
strawberry patch at an early hour in the
morning. He planned with two connpan-
ions to raid the patch. and Isaacson came
up while they were picking berries. Isaac
son opened fire on them. and while the
other lads ran away Isaacson went home.
while Cruel dragged himself 10 a house
a mile and half away, with seventy-five
buckshot in his body. He can not recover.
Edward Ross, aged IL. was drowned
near Montezuma. His father and three
uncles were in the water al the time, but
did not know he was drowning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
MRS. SMELL WINS DIVORCE SUIT.
Alfmony Amounting TO $4,000
Granted Woman mt Elkhart.

A1fmony Amounting TO $4,000
Granted Woman mt Elkhart.
Harriet B. Smell was granted an alb
solute divorce from T. Il. Smell in Co
shen. on the grounds of cruel, inhuman
treatment and Indifference. She had de-
manded 100000 alimony, and Judge j.
s. Dodge granted her about $4,000. con-
sisting of shares in St. Joseph Valley
Bank stock of Ell1hart and monthly pay
ments amounting to S125 during her life
if she remains single. All household
goods, valued at $4,000, were given to
the wife. Mrs. Smell testified that she
and her husband got along all right until
January, when he began neglecting her.
In an argument he had taken hold Of her
and pushed her out of the room At this
time he told her they had better settle
up and quit. Smell is one of the heirs to
the estate of the late Colonel Thomas
Smell of Clinton, Ill. There were no SEN
sational features. Mrs. Smell viii remain
in Elkhart
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Dead in Mine Nav Reach 245.

Fire broke out in The Rokovsky
mine at Yusova, Russia, which was the
scene of an explosion Of gas that re-
suited in a heavy loss of life. The
work OF rescue and fighting the fire is
being conducted under the greatest diff
ficulties. Over two hundred men re-
main down in the mine, shut in by
failing earth, and their fate is un-
known. One hundred and sixty bodies
already have been brought out Many
of the men were burned to death. while
others had their heads and limbs torn
of by the force of the explosion.
Seventy-five wounded were removed to
hospitals and of these ten already have
expired and many more are dying. 1t
is believed that the present known
number Of dead will be increased by
seventy-fve- The explosion occurred
just after the shift entered the mine
The last twenty men of the shift. who
were still in the cage at the bottom of
the shaft, were drawn to the surface
uninjured. The cause of the explosion
is not known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
Iiqhtnino's Neat Job.

The employees of the A. & c. Stone
and Lime CoInpany's quarry. near
Ridgeville, Ind, drilled seventeen
holes in the stone. which were charged
with dynamite and connected with a
battery, after which the men went to
dinner. While they were absent a
storm CAME up and lightning struck
one of the wires and exploded the en-
tire seventeen charges, blasting out
fifty carloads of stone and doing II
more thoroughly than could have been
done by the battery. Luckily no per-
son was near at hte tine of the dis
charge, and there was no damage; in
fact, a decided gain for the company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09

gavel and sounding board were sent to
Mayor Dahlmann of Omaha by +. G.
Harris, of Fort Robinson, Neb. Mr..
Harris is a strong supporter of Bryan,
and an acquaintance of Mr.. Dahlman.
The sounding board is made of Black
Hills cedar.
Vice Presidential booms to be present
ed to the Democratic national conven-
ton arrived in Denver on nearly every
train from the East. The feature of the
convention promised to be the contests
over Vice President and the platform
Every new train nearly brought a new
Vice Presidential boom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
OUR NATION IN PEACE AND WAR



Washington, July 4. 1S9S.-The Score
tary of the Navy has received the follow
ing:
Plaha, via Hayti. 8 is a. m, July A.
Siboney, July 3.-To the Secretary of the
Navy: The fleet under my command offers
the nation as a Fourth of July present the
destruction of tho whole of Cerveras feet
No one escaped. Our loss is one killed and
two wounded. SAMPSON.
Yesterday.
Chicago, July 4, 190S.-The following
report of the Fourth of July accidents
has been received:
Special dispatches from all parts of the
men. women and children have been killed
or MANNED Cor life as a sacrifice TO the
Fourth of Jdly celebration. Morgues are
occupied and hospitals filed in almost every
city in the and.-Press Bulletin.
Sampson humbled worlds power
at a cost of one man killed and two
wounded. In the decade which has
followed hundreds of persons have
lost their lives in Fourth of July cele-
bratiOns. The victory at Santiago
brought joy to the heart of every pa
triotic American and assured the safe
ty of every home in the land.
The celebrations which have follsw-
ed on that anniversary have plunged
thousands of families into sadness.
Ten years ago-and this year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09

reputation In the Civil War, and has
been conspicuous in politics for many
years. General Warner served two
terms in the lower House of Congress,
has been Mayor of Kansas City, and
also has served as district attorney for
the western district of the State He
has been a delegate to six national con.
yentions and was the Republican can.
didate for Governor in 1892 He has
been National COMMANDMENTS Chief of
the Grand Army, and he was the first
Department Commander of Missouri
BE is lawyer by profession, and his
home has been in Kansas City for many
years
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
1t out, and if you stay long enough 1t

1t out, and If you stay long enough it
gets out of your system entirely.
Denver believes no convention ar
rangements have been so complete as
those in the Auditorium for the Bryan
show. Colonel John |. Martin of ST.
Louis, who has the sergeant alarms
habit, arrived week in advance, COM
ing early, he said, TO prepare the hall
and see that everything was ready in
plenty of time He found little to do
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
New Light on Heredity.

More than 1900 doctors of Holland
have carried ON for long time a series
Of observations bearing on the laws of
heredity and the results are now publish
ed by two of heir number, Heymans and
Weirsma. They find that the ability to
coordinate thought and give expression to
it rapidly in most cases comes from the
father. Forty-four per cent of the sons
of automatically minded men inherited
the love of scientific pursuits, while only
IA per cent of the daughters of such did
likewise. The gift, of clever talk and of
self-criticisn came from the father. So
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
Indiana
State News
MURDER AT EVANSVILLE.
Harry Simmons Cuts His Wffe's
Throat and Escapes Arrest.

Harry Simmons Cuts His Wife's
Throat and Escapes Arrest
Harry Simmons, brewer, 81 years old,
cut his wife's throat in Evansville, and
escaped arrest by light. The woman
lived less than two hours. The murder
occurred a short distance away from the
house where John JAM cut his wife's
throat two weeks ago and is now under
life sentence Simmons was accused by
his wife CT keeping other company, and
there was a bitter quarrel. After she
had been attacked by her husband Mrs
Simmons ran away from the house. bleed
ing from several wounds, and she was
hurried to hospital, where she died in
short time. Her jugular vein was ses-
cred, and she was slashed in numerous
other places. The murder was commit
ted with butcher knife. Mrs. Simmons
was four times married, and a child by
a former husband witnessed the tragedy
Simmons was intoxicated when the as
sault was committed. as he had been dis
sipating for several days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09

may be sent both ways at once without
confusion, and the other is device for
enabling a ship in a fog to determine the
exact location in distance and direction
of another ship or of the wireless station
on shore. The latter Improvement is
hailed with great satisfaction by the co2st
liners and the traffic in the ST Lawrence
River, where fog binders navigation and
causes many collisions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-09
Water from the Mountains.

Colonel Martin and others interested
in the preparations for the big con-
vention said every possible convenience
would be given the visitors. They de-
clared that if any one could make
suggestion which had not been carried
out already they would be glad to go to
any cost to see that it was made One
innovation which the managers planned