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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

town and then became locomotive
fireman. Becoming an enthusiastic Ia
Dor union advocate, he was elected
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, and held the Office for sew
enteen years, his headquarters being at
Peoria, ILL., He married George NJ Nc
Cullough.
In 1898 President Mckinley appoint
ed Mr.. Sargent member Of the Indus
trial Commission, but he soon resigned
fir n that body, which made its final
report in 1902, and in 1900 declined the
position of chief of the bureau of print
ing and engraving. offered him by Pres
ident Mckinley. July /, 1902, President
Roosevelt appointed Mr.. Sargent Com
missioner General of immigration, and
he has since held the Office.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
As IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE Earth.
Te1egrAphic Information Gathered
by the Few for tho enlightenment
Of the Many.
Fatal Collision on Northern Pacific

Fatal Collision on Northern Pacific.
As result of a head-on collision be-
tween west-bound passenger train No.
5 on the Northern Pacific and freight
train near Paradise, seventy miles
west of Missouls, Mont, both engi-
-neers and both firemen and five I'M
known tramps are dead and Head
Brakeman Dixon, of the freight train
and one tramp are seriously injured.
The passenger train was running about
thirty miles an hour when the acct
dent occurred. The collision is said
to have been caused by the failure of
Operator Mitchell at Penna to deliver
an order to the passenger train, he
having received the order after the
train had passed the station
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
HYPNoTIzEs TO GET TESTIMONY.
Woman Charged with Shooting Hus-
band Is Influenced by Doctor.

Hypnotism and evidence secured by its
means from Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock, ac-
cused of shooting her husband, figured
largely in the testimony before the lu-
macy commission in New York. DIR. /. L.
Van Gleason testified that he had hyp-
Noticed Mrs. Hitchcock in a cell and OBJ
tanned her first and only story of the
crime. Bob got a revolver and shot me
three times" Mrs. Hitchcock said, ac-
cording TO DR.. Van Gleason's testimony.
Il ran into the kitchen. My waist was
on fire. He helped me PVT out the fire.
When | erawled back and tried to get
the gun it went off Bob shot at me
again. Then he stood up on the bed and
shot himself three times. A dark man
and n policeman came in and | told them
had shot Bob" DIR. Van Gleason said
he thought Mrs. Hitchcock was insane at
the time of the shooting, but was sane
now.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
BONANZA WHEAT FARMER DEAD
Heart Disease Kills Man Who Guilt
waited 1880 Acres of Land.

Word was received in st. Paul the
other night that Oliver Dalrymple, who
was known as the bonanza wheat farm
er" of North Dakota, died at his ranch
home at Casselton, n. ID. Mr.. Dalrymple
lived in st. Paul. but had gone to his
farm to superintend the harvesting of his
wheat. The Dalhymple farm consisted of
seventeen sections. embracing 10,SS0
acres, and these lands have been devoted
in the main to wheat raising. The cause
of death is given as heart disease superin-
duced nv age
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

To the Georgia Legislature. which was
convened in extra session at Atlanta the
other day. the special commission which
has investigated the convict lease system
now prevailing in that State. made
scathing report in which the State prison
commission is condemned for grave neg
let of duty and for tolerating the cruel
ard brutal practices upon the victims of
ilsc system. The report was accompan-
led by a message from Gov. Smith. urging
the abolition of the lease system and the
employment of the ccnvicts on roads and
f,er Dublic works
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
LIFE INSURANCE FOR POOR.
Sage Trustees Consider Plan to Fur
nish It at Low Rate.

Backed by the millions. of the Sage
Foundation, to which Mrs. Russell Sage
has already turned over $10,0OO,000 for
alternating the social and economic condi-
tions of the poor. trustees of the fund
are engaged in an investigation which may
result in an extensive plan for providing
life insurance at or below cost TO those
who are not able to pay for it at pres
ent rates. Since the middle of last June
DIR. Lee Franklin, who Is well known in
charitable organization work, has been in
Europe as the agent of tie Sage Founda-
ton, studying the practical operation of
government life insurance as practiced by
the German and other governments. DIR.
Franklin's associate in this work is Miles
vi. Dawson, actuarial expert of the Arm
strong legislative committee, which, with
Gov. Hughes as its counsel. brought out
the extraordinary revelations of the inves-
tigation of 1905.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Farmer Doubles Meet.

John 8. Burgess and Jesse Long,
two old farmers casually met in Cory
don, Ind, few days ago and someone,
observing their resemblance, induced
them to get on the scales. 1t was
found that they were the same weight
They measured and were exactly the
same height 1t developed that Trey
were exactly the same age, both hav
ing been born in this county OH the
18th day of May. 1886. They have the
same complexion and the same gait,
but are not in any way related.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

Early returns in Wisconsin indicated
the defeat Of the La Toilette forces by
decisive vote. Senator Stephenson.
formerly an ally Of La Toilette, but
now hostile to him, defeated his near
est competitor for the senatorial NOM
ination. Francis Z. McGovern, by a
plurality OF 10000. McGovern and
Samuel A. Cook, who ran third, both
claimed the support of La Toilette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Girl Gagged and Tied to Tree.

Miss Josie Culp, organist for the camp
meeting at Summerland Beach, Chic,
was found bound and gagged and tied to a
huge walnut tree in Smiths Grove, about
300 feet back of the hotel, at II o'clock
Sunday night, and did not regain con-
seriousness until Z o'clock the next day.
She had been drugged, and said that she
remembered nothing that happened after
6 o'clock, and could not tell who her as
sailant WAS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
New Railroad in Palestine.

The new railway from Damascus to
Medina, 1.-THE Holy City," was opened
Tuesday with most impressive ceremonies.
The imperial mission, sent from Constan-
tinople for the occasion, prayed at the
prophets tomb at dawn and then pro-
ceeded to the railway station just outside
the town, where a crowd of Mussulmans
from all quarters of the globe had as
sembled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Second Crop of Blossoms.

Mrs. Rosana Crawford. of Milroy,
Ind. has natural freak in the way Of
a cherry tree which is in full bloom.
The tree bore a crop of fruit in the
spring and is now preparing for Sec
ond crop. She also has some raspber-
ny bushes which are bearing a second
crop. having bloom. green berries and
ripe ones on them now.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Falls Agcinsr Gas Stove and Her
Dress Is Ignited.

OreSS Is 1SulIeu
Mrs. Mary Toohey, 4j years old, wife
Of Policeman Toohey of the Lawndale sta
ton, was burned to death in her home,
20lf West Van Buren, street, Chicago.
She is believed to have tainted and, fall
ing against a lighted gas stove, her cloth
ing became ignited. According TO Too
hey. his wife arose at ) o'clock TO pre-
pare breakfast. An hour later, the POI
liceman said. he was awakened by smoke.
On going into the kitchen he found his
wife dead on the floor near the lighted
gas stove. Her clothing had been burned
OF. MY wife had been subject to faint
ing spells for over four years." said
Toohey. II am satisfied her death was
the result of an accident. l heard her
getting up as usual to prepare break
fast. and fell asleep again. 1t was soon
afterward that smoke awakened me-"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Brains with Fiatiron.

Jesse Woodruff, So years old, of
Brookville, Ind, crushed his wife's
skull with a fatiron. causing her
death. He then fired one bullet into
his own body and another into his
head. His death is only question of
q short time. The double tragedy fol-
lowed a domestic quarrel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Tammany Mans Death Puzzle.

Philip McGovern, one of the best known
Tammany captains of the Eleventh AS
sembly District, whose saloon on the
northeast corner of Forty-third street
and Ninth avenue, New York, was fla
vorite place for the political followers Of
The McManus. Tammany leader of that
district, is dead from fractured skull
and his friends in the district are insinu-
ating that he was the victim of black
lack
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr Marries

Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., widow of the
only son of the late Marshall Field Of
Chicago, was married at the Westminster
registry Office in London Thursday to
Maldwin Drunmond of London. Mr.
Drummond is a member of a well-known
Hampshire family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

The summer session of the Minnesota
normal school at Moorhead was largely
attended During the first six weeks of
the session the enrolment exceeded 400 !;
but many of these students dropped out
at the beginning of the second half
term. some having completed their studies
others going out to teach in the country
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
5000 Wyoming Miners Strike.

Dispatches from Diamondville, Wyo.,
report that 5000 miners in Kemmerer.
North Kemmerer. Diamondyille, Oakley,
Glencoe, Alger, Carney, Monarch, Kooi
and surrounding camps have struck I'M
der instructions from Butte. All engi-
neers, iremen and pumpmen remain at
work to keep the mines free from water.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Soider's Bite Kills Woman.

Mrs. Horace Brown died at her
home in Noblesville. Ind, of blood poi
soning. the result of spider bite.
While on her way home last week
from Yellowstone National Park she
arose from a Pullman sleeper to find
her lip swollen from the bite of poi
sonous spider.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Mother and Children Drown.

Mrs. Richard Rudermacher, b years
old, Of Brooklyn. and her two children
ida, IL years. and Richard. 4 years DID,
were drowned in Jamaica bay. The chill
dren were fishing from float when the
boy accidentally toppled overheard. Ida
jumped overheard to save him, and the
mother dived after the children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Sees His Wife Dead at Table.

Mrs. Martha DE Billier, wife of VIII
liam DE Billier, broker. was found dead
sitting at the dining room table in the
DE Billier apartments in New York by
her husband. Coroner Dooley was told
that Mrs DE Billier had been troubled
with heart disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Competition for Beef Trust.

Chicago hears that company has been
formed to operate independent stock
yards on large scale, beginning Oct. /.
1t will be known as the Chicago Stock
Yards and Transit Company. with ST.
100000 capital stock. Already twenty
acres have been purchased at Thirty
ninth street and Forty-eighth avenue, and
buildings are in process of construction.
The new concern is expected to cut prices
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
A new school for children is to be es

4 new school for children is to be es-
tablished at Fort Smelling this fall. There
has always been a lack of suitable teach
ers among the command at the fort, neces-
stating sending the children of officers,
enlisted men and employees to the public
schools in st. Paul for their education.
At recent meeting of the st. Paul
school board a measure was adopted of
fering to furnish the requisite number
of public school teachers to place the fort
school on an equal footing with the public
schools in the city. The offer has been
nccented by the fort authorities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Alabama Miners Defeated.

An official order calling off the strike
of coal miners in the Birmingham, Ala,
district has been issued to all the camps
in that section. The end of the strike
means that practically all of the mines in
the Birmingham district will be on non-
union basis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Fire Perils mother of Forest

News comes from Murphy, which is
connected by wire with the Calaveras Big
Trees hotel, that forest fire has got into
tile grove of mammoth trees at the upper
end near where the Mother of the For
est" stands, a monster sequoia 327 feet
high and seventy-eight feet in circumfer-
ence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

Mrs. Mabelle Gilman Corey, the actress
wife of the Steel Trust president. upon
h..- return from Europe the other day an
nounced that shc<svould build, with the
consent of her husband. theater in New
York, the profits Of which will be devoted
TO charity. She will operate it to en-
courage young actors and will appear in
operate roles herself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Informer Slain in Prison.

Gossans, native, who was arrested
with thirty others for completely in the
recent bomb outrages, and who turned
kings evidence, was killed by two fellow
prisoners in a cell of the Alipur Jail in
India. The evidence given by Gossans
reveals a widespread rebellious conspir-
acy, which included plans to assassinate
the Viceroy, Lord Mimic, and other high
officials.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Automobiles Wrecked by an Explosion

A gasoline explosion in the base
ment Of the Taylor Palmer garage, a
three-story structure, in Boston. Mass,
practically ruined nearly eighty auto
mobiles and wrecked the interior of
the building, causing loss estimated
at 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Ohio River Navigation Stops.

Navigation on the Ohio river was clos
ed Wednesday between Pittsburg, CALI
polls and Cincinnati for the first time in
five years. The river is the lowest it has
been for twenty years. Many boats have
been damaged by striking rocks in the
channel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Forest Fires Raging.

Forest fires are again raging in Min
nesota, and the town of Snowfall with
100 inhabitants has been wiped out.
Fires are sweeping toward Hibbing.
and other towns are threatened.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
New York Jews Aroused.

New York Jews scored Police Commits
sioner Bingham for charge that race is re-
sponsible for half of the crimes commit
ted in New York, quoted court records in
rebuttal and called on that official to SUBJ
stantiate his assertion or retrict
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Oxygen Tank Explosion Kills Man.

John G.. Clifford, president of the Unit
ed Oxygen and Chemical Company. Nj
agara Falls, n. Y, was blown to pieces
at the plant of the company. in the pres
ence of his 1S-year-old son. Roger, when
a tank of oxygen charged to 2,200 pounds
exploded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
lanes Keir Hardie the Socialist lead,

JdH1tS NtIi ff'IuIV, tItC ''OcIfIIot IVdUtf
i'm the British Parliament. whose failure
10 get the customary invitation to the
kings garden party in Windsor Castle,
has stirred up much bitter feeling among
his associates, now declares publicly: II
shall allow no interference with my pc
ltical conduct in or out of Parliament
by the king or the court"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

The nomination of Joseph l.. Bristow
in the Republican primaries of Kansas
for the seat in the United States Senate
row occupied by Senator Long is almost
universally credited TO the influence OF
Senator Ia Toilette of Wisconsin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
ooo persiang Slain in Battle.

A special dispatch from Teheran says
II il repor-rd from Tabriz that Satar
Rhan has inflicted a decisive defeat on
tbe troops of the Shah in which the gov
eminent soldiers lost 800 men IN Killed
and wounded. Civil war is raging ane"
in Tahriz province.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
irearms caused 4s1 accidents. in

Flrearlns caused 4SI ACCIDENTS, III
Guiding 30 killed and 3 cases of lock-
law. OF the total number thus injured
1914 were struck by stray bullets from
the reckless handling of firearms by
others. Toy cannons caused 800 in
juries. including killed and cases Of
tetanuS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Abused Woman slavs Husband.

Ms. Arch Pickett shot and killed her
husband, a well-known resident of Jones'
boro, Ark, because, she alleges. he was
mean to her and abused her" Mrs.
Pickett escaped with her stepfather. a
prominent farmer. Both were arrested
later. Mrs. Pickett confessed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Suspected Negro Cleared.

The negro whose alleged attack on a
woman started the recent riots at Spring
field has been declared innocent by the
victim of the assault and a warrant has
been issued charging the son of the man
lynched with the crime.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Turk Tells of Atrocities.

Zia Bey, Abdul Hamd's one-time favor
lite, tells of wholesale murders and atroci-
ties in Constantinople, and has fled from
New York to England. fearing the power
of the young Turks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
$500 Rnrs Stall rrolleys.

Potato bugs on rails at Lazy Lane,
Conn. stalled eight trolley cars laden
with excursIonists bound to Lake Com
roruce recently. In spite of the terrihc
slaughter the bugs held possession until
the car men could sand the tracks
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

Differences between the machine men of
the Rhinelander, Wis, Paper Company
and the management have been adjusted,
the mill starting up with full crew, but
on n non-union basis. The capacity of the
mill is sixty tons daily.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Workmen Hurt by Troin.

One man was killed, two fatally injur-
ed and many others less seriously hurt
by an incoming Northwestern passenger
train, which ran through crowd of
workmen at Chicago avenue and Halsted
street, Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Boy Killed Running After Ball.

Don Harper, aged 10 sears, was in
stantly killed at the State League ball
park in Lima, Ohio. falling and breaking
his neck while running after n ball.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Kaiser Arouses Europe.

Europe has been thrown into a turmoil
by Emperor Williams demand that Mulai
Hafd be recognized Immediately as Sui
tan of Morocco.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Descended from French Barons.

John ID. Rockefeller is descendant of
barons in the south of France, the family
dating from as early as $50, according to
the report of an expert made to a family
reunion at Albany, N. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Cuts Wife's Body to Bits.

A Boston actor slew his wife, cut her
body W. packed the torso in a trunk and
tried to reach the water with it, but was
trapped by the police on a hackman's tip.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Assassin's Brother Is Insane.

John Czolgosz, a brother of President
McKinley's assassin, was sentenced i'm
Sharon, Pa, to the worknouse for three
months. The police claim Czolgosz is in
sane and his case will be investigated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Denounces Police az towards.

The Springfield grand jury denounced
the police as towards for failure to quel
riots. and four men were indicted and will
be placed on trial.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Shooting Victim Improves.

The condition of Charles II. Roberts OF
Baltimore. who wss shot on the board
walk in Atlantic City recently, continues
to improve, and his recovery IS expected.
The police have made no progress ~ their
efforts to apprehend the assailant - Mr..
Rohe;ts
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
New States School Law Bad.

Judge A. III. Huston, in the District
Court in Guthrie, Okla, declared uncon-
stitutional the Oklahoma separate school
law providing separate school boards and
separate schools for negroes in the new
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Six Persons Are Drowned.

Six women and one man. we'll known
in educational and social circles, were
drowned when a sloop was capsized by the
wind in Penobscot bay
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
E. P. SARGENT IS DEAD.
Commissioner of immigration Yields
to Disease

Frank z. Sargent, Commissioner Cen
eral of immigration. died in Washing
ton Friday from stomach trouble and
a complication of diseases.
Frank Pierce Sargent was born in
East Orange. VT, Nov. Is. 1854. He at
tended the village school of his native
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

At Huntington, L. l., the American
motor boat Dixie ii. won the interna
tional motor boat race. defeating the Brit
ish boat, Wolseley Siddeley, by forty-nin<
seconds over a thirty-mile course.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Vermont Goes Republican.

Vermont on Tuesday went Republican
by $4,000, Indicating. Republicans claim
certain success for the national ticket
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
sixtv-six Suicides in One Week.

There were sixty-six suicide cases in
st. Petersburg, Russia, last week. A
large proportion of that number was
working girls between the ages of 1S
and 25 years
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
Michigan.

At the Michigan Republican rrimar-
les, where Auditor General James b.
Bradley was contesting the nomination
for Governor with Fred NJ. Warner and
Road Commissioner III. s. Earle, unex-
pected apathy was displayed. Early
meager returns seemed to indicate the
nomination of Bradley.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10
volunteers Against Night Riders.

A number of prominent business and
professional men of Lexington, KY, have
volunteered to form cavalry company
to be used in awning the night riders OF the
tobacco belt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

Wisconsin.

'victory given TO Hayes by electoral com
mission, though Democrats claimed returns
shauad election Of Tilden
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-10

In the contest for the Democratic
nomination for Governor in Nebraska
early returns showed Shallenberger
leading Mayor Dahlman of Omaha.
Ninety-eight precincts out Of 1,7S0 gave
Shallenberger 1886. .Dahlman 1880,
and Berge 1,O69. Mailman is Bryan's
personal friend and the presidential
nominee had exerted himself in his be-
half