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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

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Candidates of six political parties re-
ceived votes in the presidential election
of 1904 Only two of the parties were
represented i'm the electoral vote. Eight
parties polled q vote i'm 1900 large
enough to be recorded six of them
failed to choose single presidential
elector.
In national elections the great major
ity Of the voters remain loyal TO one or
the other of the old political parties.
Other parties are sometimes strong
enough to carry State elections in the
West and the South, and by holding the
balance of power to decide elections in
the East.
Presidential electors have cast their
votes for third party candidate only
twice since the Civil War. The first
time was in 1892, when Mr.. Weaver,
the Peoples party candidate, carried
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas and Nevada,
and won an elector i'm North Dakota
and in Oregon. -Four years later Thomas
+. Watson. who was candidate for
the Vice Presidency with Mr.. Bryan
on the Peoples party ticket, by means
of coalition with the Democrats, di-
vided with the Democratic Vice Pvesi-
dental candidate the electoral votes Of
ten States. AS Horace Greeley died
between the time of the popular vote
in November, 1879, and the meeting of
the electors. the Democratic vote of that
year was distributed among other can
didates.
In the transition period election of
1860 the electoral vote was divided
among one Republican, one Union and
two Democratic candidates: but in 1856
Willard Fillmore, as american" and
Wing candidate. carried Maryland, and
received its electoral votes.
This year the number of independ
ent, or extra party, candidates is likely
to be large. but it is probable that all
the electoral votes will go either to the
Democratic or TO the Republican can
didates as usual.-YOuth's Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

A limited free trade bill was introduced
in the House by Mr.. Sulzer of New York.
1t provides for the placing on the free
list of all goods which are sold in for
eign countries cheaper than in the United
States.
A Joint resolution was adopted by the
House committee donating to the State OF
Oklahoma 1.-The first flag bearing forty
six stars, which for the first time floats
over the capitol to-day" The resolution
places the flag in the custody of the Okla
homa Historical Society.
A vigorous denial of a newspaper re-
port that there was peonage in the State
of North Carolina was made in the Sen
ate by Mr. Overman.
The army appropriation bill as report
ed to the Senate carries sos, $40, 400, a
net increase of S14.612. s43 over the
amount of the bill as it was passed by
the House.
The House committee on the District
of Columbia reported favorably a bill to
provide for registration of all cases of
tuberculosis in the district. for free ex-
animation of sputum in suspected cases,
and for other measures to prevent the
spread of the disease in the District.
Gov. W. Il. IIoggatt of Alaska present
ed to the House committee on territories
an argument against a bill to provide a
territorial form of government for Alaska.
The general arbitration treaty agreed
upon at Tie Hague conference was rati-
fed by the Senate, as were arbitration
treaties between the United States and
Mexico and between the United States
and Italy.
The Senate committee on education and
labor authorized a favorable report on
Senator La Follette's employers liability
bill. The bill is intended to remedy de-
fects in the present law pointed out by
the Supreme Court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Nine FRITZ Schef is seeking divorce
from her husband, Baron Frederick Won
Bardeleben.
Work has been resumed with full forces
at the mines on the Mesaba range. but
no shipping is expected before June l.
Willie Edouin, the English actor. is
dead in London. He had been in failing
health since his return from the United
States.
After having been Closed for three
months the plant of the Alabama CONSOLE
dated Coal and Iron Company at Gadston,
Ala. has been put in blast.
The Borough bank of Brooklyn, which
closed Oct II and whose president, How
ard Maxwell, killed himself, reopened I'M
der a deferred payment plan.
While twelve camels consigned to
Chicago zoo were at sea on the steamship
Ida of the Austro-American line birth
increased the number to thirteen, the
new born being named in honor of the
ship.
In obedience to the boycott decision of
the United States Supreme Court Sam
uel Gompers omitted the customary list
of non-union or unfair" establishments
from the April number of the American
Federationist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions OF Things
are Showa. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Com plete.
Street Car War at an End.

Three-cent street car fare on all
lines operating within the city of
Cleveland, Ohio, became a possibility
Monday night at the regular meeting
Of the City Council, when a security
grant" was passed, under suspension
OF the rules, to the Cleveland Railway
Company, new corporation which
took over the consolidated properties
of the old companies. Thus ended the
seven years contest which has been
waged for low street car fare and pub
lie control of urban transportation,
marked by much bitterness throughout
and noted for the many appeals made
to the courts. Various predictions are
made as to the time when it shall be
possible to inaugurate the proposed
three-cent fare, ten days being the low
est time spoken of.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

The leaders of Congress have notified
the President that the several laws
which he desired to have enacted at
This session will not be put through.
But they will try to pass bills making
more elastic currency system; grant
ing compensation to government en-
ployes injured while in the government
service; prohibiting child labor in the
District of Columbia; authorizing the
Ways and Means Committee OF the
House and the Finance Committee Of
The Senate to give hearings preliminary
to revision of the tariff approriating
sum sufficient TO enable the inland
waterways commission to continue the
work on which it started last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30


In the vicinity of Natchez, Miss. six
ty-four persons were killed and 126
injured. Hundreds of houses were de-
stroyed. The tornado plowed through
the counties of Adams, jefferson and
Claiborne. Mississippi, for distance Of
fifty miles, leveling every building
which came in its way. Its path was a
thousand feet wide. The town of vi
dalia, across the river in Louisiana,
was badly damaged. Many injured per-
sons have been taken to the hospital at
NatcheZ.
In Louisiana 1t is estimated that a
score OF small towns were destroyed or
partially wrecked. They include Amite
City, Arcadia and Independence. Belle
Grove, Melton, Lorman. Pine Ridge,
Quitman Landing, Fairchild's Creek,
Purvis and Lumberton, Miss, are re-
ported seriously damaged by the storm.
Amite, small town in southeastern
Louisiana. was almost destroyed. The
dead are estimated at forty-five and
the injured at seventy-fve.
At McLain, Miss. eight are reported
to have been killed; at Quitman Land
ing, eleven were killed; at Purviss
Landing, Miss. twelve were victims of
the storm, and reports from one to 07e
deaths come from many towns scat
tered over the storm-swept area.
The cyclone struck Dora, Ala, known
also as Burgin, a mining town on the
Frisco. thirty-fve miles from Birmipg-
ham, Friday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock.
Five persons were killed. Many cars
standing on the siding were blown off
the track and smashed to pieces. Re
ports state that the storm struck Al
bertville, Ala, at O'Clock and de-
stroyed almost all the northern part Of
the town. winchester, Miss, a small
town, is reported wiped out, Though
only two persons are known to have
been killed.
portion of Deport, a town twenty miles
southeast of Paris, Texas, killing W.
II. Isbell. druggist, and injurine sew
eral others Practically all the resi-
dences on the east side Of town were
destroyed, at least twenty-five Or thirty
being scattered over the country in
fragments The path of the storm was
several hundred yards wide. Oak Grove,
town east of GAINESVILLE, on the Tex
as and Pacific Railroad, is reported al
most destroyed, many houses being de-
molished.
Reports from Flandreau, s. D.. say
that a severe storm swept that place,
demOlishing many buildings. Losses
aggregating $4,000 resulted from the
tornado at Valley Springs, near Sioux
Falls Although twenty-five buildings
were destroyed there was no loss Of
life. The Methodist Episcopal Church
was completely demolished.
From Lakota, n. D., comes news that
Nels. the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Heinmark, was playing near the
edge Of the slough a short distance
from from his home when q terrific
wind picked the little fellow mp and
blew him into the water. He was
drowned.
The gale blew down on iron smoke
stack back of the Planters Hotel, st
Louis. injuring two employees and did
some damage in different parts Of the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
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Chicago-Cattle, common 10 prime
$500 to $1.2J hogs, prime heavy, 500
to $5.77; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S6.25; wheat. No. =, 97c to Csc
corn, No. =, Goo to Gle; oats. standard
Bic TO 52c: rye. No. 2, zoe to soc; hay.
timothy. $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500: butter. choice creamery. S2lc
to 25c; eggs. fresh. lie to 15c: potatoes
per bushel, 6Jc to TIC.
napolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $500: hogs, good TO choice heavy
$3.50 to 1913; sheep, common to prime
$500 to $40; wheat. No. .. 96c 70
91c; corn. No. white, &c to &c; oats,
No. white, sic to J2c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 500: hogs.
$500 to $3.50: sheep. $500 TO $3.50;
wheat, No. =, S1.00 to S1.O1: corn. No. ..
65c to 66c; oats, No. ., 4Sc to 49c; rye.
No. ., 76c to re.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to $3.50: sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. ., 96c to 97c; corn.
No. 2 mixed, Coo TO &c: oats. No. .
mixed, sic to 52c; rye. No. ., SIC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50, hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to S5.25 I;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 69c to Zoe; oats. No. 3 white,
54c to 55c; rye. No. =, Sic to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. . northern,
$1.07 to $1.O9; corn, No. 8, Coo to &c !:
oats, standard. 52c to 53c; rye, No. 1.
19c TO Soc: barley. No. 2. SEC to SIC !:
pork, mess S13.35.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $40; hogs, fair to choice, S400
to $6.05; sheep. common TO good mixed,
$500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $40.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 96c to
9Ic; corn, No. . mixed. &c to Csc !:
oats. No. 2 mixed. 53c to 54c; rye, No.
2, soc to Sic; clover seed prime, $3.50
New York--Cattle. $4.O0 to S 7.15;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep. $500 to
5000; wheat, No. = red $1.05 to $1O6 !;
corn. No. 2, 74c to Toe; oats, natural
white. soc to SIC; butter. creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, western, 13c to lie.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
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CHICAGO.

X. @. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade IN the Chicago district says:
Business activity. while recovering
slowly, is seen TO be upon a steader basis.
Liquidation remains but causes less APP
prehensiOn as to results, and the CONNER
cial defaults, although yet seemingly nu-
merouS, include none of conspicuous in
fiuence upon credits. Lower cost of ac-
commodation is accompanied by a heavier
movement of money and preparations in
dictate prompt settlements of the May in
terest payments, a considerable portion
of which will rest here. A very satisfac-
tory volume appears in the distribution
of general merchandise. and interior buy
erS not only make frequent calls for re-
assortments, but also place liberal adj
vance orders for fall and winter lines.
railroad traffic returns suffer from a
limited marketing of crops and restricted
shipments from the factories. Weakness
in pig iron discourages large buyers. and
ore supplies carried over show an unusual
surplus, which may be slow of reduction,
unless additional furnaces resume. Fac
tory work in the iron branches runs more
StNdhiss Oopt'idli. III machinery. USdNy
hardware and farm implements, but the
FORCES and foundries have little forward
work and resumption of normal opera
tons is not yet discerned
Restriction yet appears in wood work
ing branches. but not so severe as a
month ago. there being more activity in
furniture and boxmaking. while planning
mills obtain increasing orders from the
extension of building enterprises.
Mercantile collections throughout the
near by States exhibit more promptness
with the growing ease in money. Farm
advices are uniformly good as to pro-
gress in spring work and condition of win
ter wheat
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 81. against II last week and
10 year ago. Those with liabilities
over $1,000 number 10, against 6 last
week and in 1907
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Dramatic Trust Formed.

An organization has been formed for
the purpose of effecting practically con-
troll of the dramatic material needed by
the hundreds of play companies in Amer
lea. Miss Marbury, the play broker, is
president, and the company will have Of
fees in New York, with branches in
Chicago. London. Paris, Berlin and vi
emma. 1t is said that the trust" already
controls ABOUT nine-tenths of the fore
most playwrights of England, France,
Germany. Austria and Italy. and the
number of authors enrolled on the books
runs into the hundreds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
liz DEAD IN STORMS;
HAVOC IN IS STATES
TOrnadoes from Dakotas to Gulf
Lay Farms Waste and
Injure 400.
SOUTH BEARS THE BRUNT.
Many Towns in Mississippi, Alabama
and Louisiana Destroyed, with
Big Death Lists.

a hundred and seventy-two persons
are believed TO have been killed and 46O
injured, many fatally. in a tornado
which Friday swept thirteen States OF
the Union from the Dakotas to the
Gulf of Mexico, leaving a trail of de-
stroyed villages, ruined farms, devasta-
ted countrysides and bereaved house
holds
The full weight of the storm fell on
the States of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama, where many small towns
were badly damaged. Before bursting
on that part of the country the tornado
traversed North Dakota, South Dakota,
Minnesota. Iowa. Illinois, Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Okla
hOma.
Where Lives Were Lost.
The following is summary of the
damage rpDortp1.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

Again, as for several seasons, wild
ducks are dying by the hundreds daily
in the marshy regions bordering on
Lake Erie, between Huron, ten miles
east of Sandusky, Ohio. and the mouth
of the Maumee river, near Toledo.
Bluebills, canvasbacks and occasional
ly a 'redhead" are attacked alike. Ex-
animation reveals the presence in the
head feathers of the ducks of small
insect not unlike a flea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
AMONG OUR NEIGHBoRs.

William Weber, 81, farmer, was kill
ed by a traction car at the crossing in
Gem. Mr.. Weber had been nearly deaf
a number of years.
Alex Gardiner, William Fennal and
charged with dynamiting business block
at Center Point few weeks ago.
Gov. ]. Frank Hanly has issued his
Arbor day proclamation, fixing Friday,
April "a, and Friday. Oct. %, for OBJ
servance by the people of the State.
The Rev. T. NJ. Haines. formerly mas
tor of the First NJ. 4. church, Logans-
port, has carried out his declared pur-
pose of retiring from the ministry after
twenty-three years active service and be
will live on his farm in Kosciusko county.
At an adjourned session of the Warrick
Circuit Court. with jury trials in each
instance, levi and Otto Lockhart were
found guilty of robbing the Hudspetch
saloon in December last. Levi has been
sentenced to prison at Michigan City
from one to fourteen years, while Otto
goes to the Indiana refc-matory for the
same length of time.
Delbert Johnson, 3 years old. the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank johnson.
three miles northwest of Kokomo, slipped
away from care of his mother and wan
dered on the Pennsylvania right-of-way
in time to be struck by a passing train
and instantly killed.
The Indiana battle grounds monument
commission. in whose keeping the Tippe-
canoe monument fund was placed, has let
the contract for the building of the rnonu-
ment, which is 10 cost $4,000. The
monument is TO be erected on the Tippe-
canoe battlefield. A bronze figure of VIII
liam Henry Harrison will be placed at
the foot of the shaft.
After holding at bay forty-eight hours
the crowd which had handled him ex-
tremely roughly, William Talton, accused
of wife beating, was captured by the off,
GERS. Talton was seized by a mob and
threatened with a coat of tar and feath-
ers. He managed TO break away from
them. but had two ribs fractured in the
struggle. He fortified his house and pre-
pared for siege. The sherif's officers 1t
last dislodged him and brought him to
jail in La Porte.
Socialists announce the nomination of
". ID. Van Horn as candidate for Con-
gress from the Fifth Indiana district. Mr..
Won Horn is president of district No. IL.
United Mine Workers of America.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
United States Ian

United States land officers are trying
to run down the gangs of swindlcrs who
locate new settlers in the Dakotas on poor
lands and charge them SD each for the
service. The officials have issued circu-
lars advising land seekers TO get their
information from the land Offices or to
visit the lands themselves before making
selections.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Twelve Persons are Drowned.

A dispatch from Helena, Ark, says:
Twelve persons were drowned, one
woman, when the show boat Marion
capsized eight miles above the mouth
of the St. Francis river. Captain w.
A. Joyce, of Newport, Ark, who was
in charge, returned to Helena bringing
the information. The Marion, sixty
five ton boat, left Helena carrying the
members of carnival company that
had been playing there. The boat was
struck by a storm and was capsized.
The sixty-two passengers and mem
bers of the crew climbed on top of the
overturned boat. Ten foot high waves
swept the overturned boat and many
were washed from their hold, drowning
before the eyes of their helpless COM
panions. Twelve in all were drowned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
widows Get Bigger Pension.

Under the new pension law, which
gent into effect on April 10, only widows
who married previous to June y, 1870,
arc entitled to pension with the increase
r,rov;ded by this law This affects all
persons whose pension IS under 81, Ii
now being increased to that amount
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
captor of Davis is Dead.

David II. Haines, treasurer of the
eral seasons manager of the Belvidere
Hotel at Charlevoix, Mich, is dead at
his home in Kalamazoo, Mich, of apo
plexy He was GA years old. Mr..
Haines was a member of the Fourth
Michigan Cavalry that captured Presi-
dent Jefferson Davis, of the Con-
federacy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

The British ship Celticburn will carry
Pacific coast wheat in bulk to Europe.
Thus is the first time that a grain ship
ment has ever been sent in that manner
FROM Portland, Ore, and is in the nature
of an experiment. Economy in both time
Sult
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
NH. If CLEANLINESS Stricken by Death.

The Duke of Chaulnes, whose marriage
IN Feb. II TO a Chicago girl. Miss Theo-
dora Shonts. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore p. Shonts, was one of the most
hr;,I;ant weddings of the year In New
York. died Thursday night in Paris.
Meath was due to embolism, the obstruc-
fion of an artery
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

In certain towns in Germany house
holders are compelled by law to sort
out their house dust. They have to pro-
vide three receptacles-one for ashes
and sweepings, one for cooking refuse,
and one for rags and paper. The rub
bish is utilized by the town authorities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Indiana
State News
Yard Cleaning Proved Profitable q
Man Near Uaxnefoxvu
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Yard Cleaning Proved Profitable to
Man Near Waynefown.
While cleaning his dooryard, James
Weaver, two miles south of Waynetown,
uncovered with his rake a teakettle which
proved to be partly filled with gold. How
much of the yellow metal was found is
not known, as Mr.. Weaver is keeping the
details to himself, but it is known that
he was well repaid for the cleaning pros
cess. He found the kettle buried about
half way between his house and the well.
How it came there, and by whom buried.
still remains a secret. Mr.. Weaver is
hopeful that additional treasures may be
found.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Lives Lost in Ocean Collision,

The total number of dead and miss.
ing of the Gladiator's crew as a result
of the collision between the American
liner st. Paul and the British cruiser
on the Isle of Wight is twenty-eight.
Twenty-three men are missing, accord
ing to the list, and six are suffering Sc
we're injuries The Secretary of the Ad-
miralty expresses fear that there are
still eight others missing. Divers have
searched part Of the sunken cruiser
for bodies. but were not successful in
finding any,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Whisky Kills Little Boy.

Willie Boyle, aged 5, of Rockport,
Ind. is dead from the effects Of drink
ing whisky. The parents gave the
child a small quantity of the liquor
to cure a headache. The boy waited
until his mother had left the room and
drank freely of the liquor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Three Drowned in Lake.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Stone and
Boyd Ward, of Muskegon, Mich, were
drowned in Muskegon Lake when their
boat was overturned by the high
waves. Miss Ethel Stewart chung to
The boat and drifted a mile to the
shore.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Shoots His Brother Fatally.

In a row over division of ranch prop
erty near Moore. Mont. \. s. Francis,
who was on his honeymoon. shot and
probably fatally wounded his brother,
Henry Francis, and is now in Jail. Fran
els claims be shot in self-defense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

a bill prohibiting farmers of the new
State of Oklahoma from sowing johnson
grass has been approved by the Governor.
1t also makes it misdemeanor for any
person to sell hay or grain from johnson
grass land without informing the pur-
sboc cor
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

John r. Brown. the catalpa expert, has
recently finished planting 100000 trees on
his plantation at Carney, Ala, and 2OO,-
600 more of small size in nursery Be
sides this he has SET 100000 trees for the
L. & y. rsilroad.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

Pennsylvania Flyer Has q Marrow
Escape mt Warsaw, Ind.
The New York-to-Chicago eighteen
hour Pennsylvania railroad flyer had a
narrow escape from destruction at War
saw. A few minutes before the train was
due a freight train ran into a heavy
pair of angle irons which had been placed
on the track. A thick fog obscured the
view of the track. Some foreigners liv-
ing near, who were recently laid of from
work, are suspected of having placed the
obstruction on the rails
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Father GiIIiu Dead.

The Rev. John Paul Gillig, for fifty
years a priest in the Catholic church,
died Saturday afternoon at st. Ed.
wards Hospital in New Albany, Ind,
where he had been for four years an
invalid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Raid on RattIesnakes.

The famous "Rattlesnake Bluif,"
near Fairfield, ILL.,, has been dynamited
and sixty-nine rattlers were killed.
They had been biting and killing live
Rfnck