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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Tragedy at Girls School.

A sensational murder and suicide &C.
Cured at the Laurens school, an exclusive
finishing school for young women. on Au-
dubon road, Boston. Miss Sarah Cham
berlain Weed of Philadelphia killed Miss
Elizabeth Bailey Hardee of East Savan-
nah, Ga, and then herself The women
were about So years old. and had been
intimate friends since their graduation
from Wellesley college. Miss Weed was
evidently insane.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
SENATE HAS ANARCHIST SCARE.
Upper House Members Annoyed by
Intruder Of Strange Appearance.


While Senator Carter was making a
speech Friday afternoon a mar decidedly
unfamiliar to everybody present entered
the Senate chamber. glanced nervously
around. and then FASTENED to the rear,
where he took a seat. lie was slight Of
build. had long hair and a black beard
chat was n cross between that of Herr
Most and Mephistopheles. Barney Lay
ton. the assistant sergeant-at-arms. no
ticed the intruder, and not wishing to
make a scene first asked the doorkeepers
who he was and how he got past them.
They didn't know who he was, and said
he just flashed a card and pushed his
way in. Let me see your card. demand
ell Layton. a few seconds later. confront
ing the stranger. lie handed out a busi-
ness card bearing a foreign name ending
ski" as near as Layton can remember.
with the added inscription of counselor
at-law' and a New York City address.
You get out quicker than You came in
or you'll ride downtown in a patrol wag-
on said Layton. WhereupOn the stran-
ger bolted for the door. by this time
several Senators had their attention at
tracted. and a sigh of relief was heard
as be made his exit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
DECISION.
Faulty Construction Caused Deaths
in Collinwood School Fire.

Coroner Burke has rendered his decis-
ion in the Collinwood school fire. Exist
ing conditions are blamed, but no specific
fault is charged to any one. Fred Hir-
ter, the %janitor, is exonerated. The coro-
ner found that the fire started in a closet.
under the front stairway and was caused
by overheated pipes. which ignited the
stairway. The death of the children, he
says was due to faulty construction
whereby a partition projected in front of
the stairway at the bottom. making the
children turn out of the way in their
rush for the door. He holds that the
children became panic-stricken and were
jammed in the doorway because of the
turn in the hall to get to the door.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Indiana
State News
THREATEN TO BLOW UP TOWN.
Anarchists Send Demand for Money
and Village Is i'm Terror.

Anarchists Send Demand for Money
and Village Is i'm Terror
Wawaka. a village of 800 inhabitants.
is in a state of terror over the receipt
of a letter by the local constable, Ly-
man Thompson, signed s"Anarchist,' and
mailed from New York City. The writer
demands that the town send $50 TO a
certain place in New. York City or the
town will be blown to atoms. The ma
jority of the residents regard the matter
as simply a weak attempt to extort
money, but coming close on the heels of
the anarchistic attempt upon the life of
Police Chief Sbippy of Chicago even the
s~cofsers are worried. Some of the resi-
dents are leaving, mot that they are
afraid, but simply that it is a very good
season TO make a visit in a neighboring
town or in the country" The authori-
ties have sent the letter to the postal
authorities at Washington. Steps are be-
ing taken to guard the town.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Eiuht Killed by Explosion.

Eight persons are dead, another is
badly injured, and property valued at
many thousands Of dollars is a mass
CT w~reckage as the result of an explo-
Of gas in the basement of the
five-story building occupied by the Nat
chez Drug Company and located at the
corner of Main and North Union
streets in Natchez, Miss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
INDIANA MINERS FAVOR STRIKE
Vote Unanimously for ID ,mand Upon
Operators for Higher Wages.

wore tnanimousfy Tor ID emand Upon
Operators for Higher Wages.
BY a standing vote of every man in
the hall, the convention of Indiana min
ers at Terre Haute demanded that the
national convention of the organization
shall ask for an increase in the wage
scale for the coming mining year The
delegates also pledged themselves to stand
back of their officers in the demand.
plainly indicating that they would indorse
a suspension of coal mining after April
l if the increased wage is not granted
by the operators. Word reaches the min
ers' headquarters in Terre Haute that
many of the delegates have been in
structed by the locals to demand an in
crease and there is now little doubt but
the national officers will have to accede
to the demand and indorse a scale Of
wages that they know in advance the op-
orators will oppose.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
VICTIMIZED BY A VISION.
Dream Induced Rich Doctor to Give
Away His Wealth.

Robbed, he says. of his fortune by a
vision that told him he would die in six
months. DIR. John Wesley Sill, 81 years
old, formerly a prominent physician at
Worcester, Mass. with a $4,000 estate,
was taken to the %poorhouse the other day.
Sill says that a year ago a vision APP
peared to him and told him he would die
in six months. He gave away all his
real estate, severa, farms at home and
in Canada. a business block. and his Ii
brary to nephews and nieces. He saved
just enough to live on six months. Now
the six months nave passed and SilFs
money is all spent. He says the nephews
and nieces refuse to give him back any
thing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Morse Pleads Guilty.

Charles w. Morse, the former banker,
and Alfred Ii. Curtis, formerly president
of the National Bank of North America,
pleaded not guilty in the United States
Circuit Court in New York to a joint in
dictment containing twenty-nine counts.
Eleven of the counts charged them with
conspiracy and eighteen with making false
entries. Bail was fixed at $4,000 for
Morse and $4,000 for Curtis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Atlantic Squadron's Itinerary.

A partial itinerary for the battleship
feet after finishing target practice at
Magdalena Bay has been announced by
the Navy Department in Washington. 1t
includes visits to San Diego. Santa Bar
bara. San Pedro, Santa Cruz and San
Francisco, arriving at the latter place on
Nav >.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
New Balloon Record Is Made.

Leo Stevens, in his balloon No. 81,
made a new speed record for New Eng
land. He made a trip from Pittsfield.
Mass, to Hampton Falls, a distance of
$50 miles. in three hours. w. f.. White
house of New York was a passenger. The
capacity of the balloon was $4,000 cubic
feet and carried 600 pounds of ballast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Acquitted Of Heresy Charges.

The Kansas conference of the Method
list Episcopal church exonerated DIR. j. L.
Mcfarland of New York, editor of the
Methodist Sunday school publications, of
heretical charges preferred against him
by DIR. George A. Cook, a member of the
Troy conference. Or. Cook is the man
who brought charges against Chancellor
Day of Syracuse university.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Many Shot in Wages Fight.

Another serious outbreak is reported in
the lumber camps in Grant parish, La,
where friction was recently brought about
by negroes accepting a cut in wages. the
whites standing out against the reduc-
ton. \ number of persons are reported
tn have been shot.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Gillette Will Be Executed.

Governor Hughes of New York will
not interfere in any way With the exc
cution in the week beginning March
Both, of the death sentence upon Ches-
ter Gillette, of Cortland, convicted of
the murder of Grace or Billy" Brown
of South Otselic, Chenango County, at
Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks. in
July. 1906, and now IN the death cells
at Auburn prison. The Governor would
not talk about the matter for publica-
ton, but entertains no doubt of Gill
lette's guilt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Priests SLAYER Attempts Escape.

Ia a mad attempt to escape Jail in Den
yer, where he is awaiting death, Giuseppe
Alto, the condemned murderer of Father
Leo Heinrichs, made use of a razor blade,
with which he slashed the neck of a
''trusty'' who was cleaning his cell, and
endeavored to get away. The "trusty,"
despite his cut, sprang after Alio and
pinioned him. and he was quickly over
powered with the help of Deputy War
den Carpen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
PLAN TO HALT ALIENS.
National immigration League Would
Sift Over Foreigners.

Many plans for fostering immigration
on lines that will eliminate the advent of
undesirable citizens were devised at the
annual meeting in New York of the Ma
tional Liberal immigration League. The
plans provide for tie distribution of i'm
migrants by giving rec transportation to
them as well as to native workmen, from
congested to less populated regions. for
the deportation of alien criminals. and the
''Americanizing" of the immigrant by fos-
tering patriotism. The league voiced its
opposition to the discrimination against
immigrants from. Southern Italy in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
FIVE DROWNED IN OHIO FOG.
Towboat Strikes Bridge Pier and
Men in Crew Perish.

Five men are reported drowned in Ash
land. Ky. The towboat Boaz. which left
Pittsburg on a recent morning for Cincin-
natl, with twelve coal boats, sixteen
barges, three frelboats. and a crew of
thirty-five, ran into a heavy fog at Cat
l%ettsburg. Being unable to tie up, the
boa struck an exposed pier of the pro-
posed Ashland Ironton bridge one mile
below Ashland. 1t is said nearly all the
barges were sunk. The entire crew had
been called out on the barges TO tie up
the fleet. William Matticks, a deckhand
from Pittsburg. who swan ashore, says
at least five were drowned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Machine Sells Post Stamps.

To determine whether they will be prac-
ticable for general use two slot machines
for the vending of postage stamps have
been placed in the corridors of the gem
eral postoffice IN New York. The drop
PIN of a coin will Immediately bring
forth a stamp of the desired denomina-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Young Hanna in Romantic Wedding

Young Hanna in Romantic Wedding.
Mark A. Hanna, son of Daniel A.
Hanna, and grandson of the late Mar
Gus A. Hanna, who is a freshman in
the Sheffield scientific school at Yale
University, married Miss Adele Pratt,
of Elmira, N. Y, Saturday evening.
Mrs. Hanan Is the daughter of Mrs.
Agnes Murdoch Pratt, of Elmira. She
met Mr.. Hanna at a hop given at
Tufts college.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
MATCH AND DYNAMITE.
Edward Bingamah Suffers Frshtfun
Injury md May DIE

Edward Bingaman. IL years old, at Luz
cerne. touched a match to a dynamite cap
and the explosion which followed explod-
ed several more caps which the boy was
holding in his hand. The youngsters left
hand was completely blown off. the flesh
torn from his arm and breast. and the
lungs were exposed. The boy fingers be-
tween life and DEATH The dynamite
caps were found in a vacant house, and
several playmates were with the boy when
the explosion occurred. Two suffered in
juries by being blown of their feet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Two Cinnamon Hanged.

Two Chinese. Jung Jow and Mock
Kuug. were hanged in Moyamensing pris-
on. Philadelphia. for the murder of two
fellow countrymen during an outbreak in
the Chinese quarter July 4. 1906. Since
their conviction the two men have en-
braced Christianity, both becoming Bap-
fictS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Because she remembered the voice of a
man whom she had several times seen Wis
iting her %coachman, Mrs. Luke Often of
New York recovered property that was
stolen from her home ald had the thief
placed in Jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Ready for Nioht Riders.

The American Tobacco Company has
placed a agttiing gun on the roof OF
their warehouse in Maysville, KY, to
prevent night riders burning the
building. Men will be constantly on
guard and work the gun if the night
riders appear.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Attorney. in Debt. Kills Self.

Attorney George c. Kohler, son of for
mer States Attorney General j. A. Koh-
Ter, committed suicide by shooting himself
in the temple while sitting in a chair at
him home in Akron, Ohio. Kohler is said
to have been heavily involved financially.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Forest Fire Kills Man.

Passengers arriving at Wilmington, n.
c.. on a belated Atlantic Coast Line train
from Fayetteville report a fierce forest
fire raging in the vicinity of Tomahawk,
fifty miles west of Wilmington. One man
was killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

A fire which for a time threatened TO
wipe out the town of Newburg caused a
loss of $4,000, covered by insurance. A
tobacco warehouse three store buildings
and one residence were destroyed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Mrs. Charlotte L. Noyes. a wealthy
young widow, was shot and instantly kill
ed at her home in Los Angeles, CAL. Nv
w. L. McComas. a mining engineer, who
has been friendly with her for several
months. McComas alleges the woman
dashed a cupful of sulphuric acid in his
face.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Thomas Horn. while hunting ducks
near Petersburg. killed a water moccasin
measuring nearly five feet in length and
six inches in circumference Several 9TH
er snakes have been killed in the vicinity
his spring. but the moccasin is the larg-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
railroad. Too Fast for Hsm.

John Wickliffe, aged 60, walked from
his home at Xenia, Ohio, to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Joe Heck. at ~Jasonyille.
because of a religious scruple against rid
ing at the speed of railroad trains. Last
year he walked TO Moberly, No. to visit
a son and perhaps will go there from
J.asonyilie.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Rear Admiral Kane Dead.

Rear Admiral Theodore F. Kane, re-
tired, is dead at his home in New York
City. He was born in Washington, d.
c., in 1910. In the Civil War he was
in active naval service on the Balm
bridge, the Savannah and the Neptune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Nav Lease National Railroads.

Japan has found the burden of its ma
tionalized railroads too heavy to bear and
is considering a proposition to lease them
to a syndicate of European capitalists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
GET JAGS AT THE SILoS.
Farmers Hired Men Find a Brand
New Intoxicant.

Farmers about Pottstown, Pa, COM
plain that some of their hands are getting
On cheap DRINKS by imbibing a new drink,
which has not yet been given a name.
1t is the milk" from the corn in the
silos, and its flavor is said to be equal to
that of whisky. Wells have been dug
under the silos for tie milk" to drain
into. and the bibulous soil tillers go there
and Stake their thirst.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
"Drys" Win in Minnesota.

Municipal elections were held in the
small cities and villages throughout Min
nesota Tuesday and the principal question
was that of license or no license for the
saloons. Returns received show that out
of 113 towns ffty-one voted for no IL
capSp
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
90 Firemen Suffer from Fumes.

Six firemen were overcome and sixteen
partially %succumbed to the fumes of wood
alcohol from a fire in the dry kiln of the
Northwestern Compo-Board Company in
Minneapolis. Firemen Joseph Steffers.
Will Stebbins and T.. OLaughlin are in
a serious condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Crushed while Changing cars.

J. Monroe Anderson. farmer, go years
old, of South Muncie, while in the act
of changing cars at the Lake Shore rail-
way station i'm Waterloo, en- route TO De
troit. Mich. was struck by a passing
train. His injuries are thought TO be
fatal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

H%ypodermic injections of a serum si.ui-
lar to that used in the treatment of diph-
iberia are being successfully employed in
scarlet fever cases in New York. accord
ing TO doctors in hospitals on the east
side. 1t has been employed with graft
flying results in both Germany and
France.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

John Grubbs. the negro arrested for
Rushville. confessed that Mrs. Colwan
assisted him in the crime. He said she
threw her arms around her husbands
neck while he struck Colwan with a
Ratchet. Another mob formed. and
Grubbs was taken to indianapolis for
safe keeDing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
i. Decline In Wooden Profits,

Although the American Wooden Com
pany reports net profits of over S3,4O0,-
300 in 1907. this was a decrease of over
S1,0O0,OO0 from the returns of 1906. The
surplus is S1O.OO0,OO0 and the number of
stockholders has increased Al per cent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
School House Burned.

The Jefferson street public school in
Little Falls, N. Y, was damaged by
Are to the extent of s.. 900. The fire
started in the furnace room just before
the hour at which the pupils usually
enter the building.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

and convincing of the guilt of Mr..
Walsh. but in ~pronouncing sentence the
court declared that he was moved by
the g and former standing of the
defendant To impose the minimum pun
ishment. believing that the short term
would serve the purpose of the law as
fully us a sterner Judgment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

ley, of Kentucky,
ives elected to the
United States Sen
ate, defeating for
mer Gov. Beckham.
who was the Dem
ocratic candidate.
The b~alloting in
t b e Legislature
had been going on
fA,. u-anl-u nnI thn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Castaway Is Not Found.

The cruiser Yankton, that wen. to In
defatigable Island in search Of Fred Jeffs,
an American seaman, said to be marooned
there. has returned to Acapulco. 1t fail
ed to find Jeffs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
ESCAPED Convict Killed by Sheriff.

Joseph Bassanell. one of the c~onvicts
who escaped from the North Dakota peni-
Tertiary in Bismarck recently, was killed
by Sheriff Beck of Mclean County in a
pistol duel. A few houre earlier Alfred
Woolens. the other escaped convict, was
captured by a posse fifteen miles west of
Mandan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Death for Priests SLAYER

Giuseppe Ala, who killed Father Leo
Heinrichs in st. E~lizabeth's Roman Cath
Ollie church in Denver. Feb. %. has been
found guilty of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
BRADLEY GETS THE TOGA.

Former Governor of Kentucky Elect
ed to United States Senate.
After a contest remarkabl. both for
It's length and its political bitterness
former Gov. William O'Connell Brad
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
New Regime in Hayti.

The new regime in Hayti has been be-
gun by the shooting. summarily. of the
leaders of the opposition English and
French wal ships have been ordered to
Port-au-Prince and an American war
ship, it is expected, will be sent there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Euelvn Thaw Seeks Divorce.

Evelyn NesDit Thaw has begun suit to
annul her marriage with Harry X. Thaw
and the latter LET'S it be known thai he
will resist the action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Fire Damages Club House.

The clubhouse of the Bay Side Yacht
Club, on Little Neck bay, near Flush
ing. l.. L., was destroyed and several
boats owned by members of the club were
badly damaged by a supposedly %incendiary
fire. Loss $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Bandits Still at LARGE

The trio of Tyro. Kansas, bank rob
bers are still at large, evidently safe in
the hills along Hominy creek, twenty
miles southwest of baltlesyille, Okla.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Want Millions from Hartman.

Shareholders ave petitioned directors
of the Union Pacific to make Hartman
give up S40.OOO,OOO alleged to have been
lost through his stock speculations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Policeman Expects Fortune.

John F. Won Muegge, a special police
man in New York, says he will get a for
tune of 100000 and a title if he holds
his job till August. thus completing a
period of fifteen years in that position.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

1t pays to advertise in this paper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

4 highly sensational rumor was cur
rent that Gov. Hughes had received let
tiers threatening his life unless he desist-
ed in his crusade against race track gam
bling. When the Governor was asked
about this he would neither confirm nor
DENY il.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Hart Brown of Leesburg has sold his
Kosciusko county farms to Baumgartner
Brothers, Bloomington. H., for Sal. 600.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Object TO Neeress: Fire on Home

Twenty-Five White Caps rode into
McCutchinville, Ohio, and riddled with
bullets the home of Constable Peter d.
Kieffer. The visitors objected to a ne
gress as servant in the home of Kieffer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The Southern stove works at Evans
vile were destroyed b. fire. Loss $780,
600, covered by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

One man was killed and several injur-
ed in the wreck of passenger train No
10 on the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
way two miles south of Alvord. Texas
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

TIL Julius Weis buildii-g. Common
street and Varieties place, Now Orleans,
was burned and several adjoining build
ings were damaged. The Weiss building
was occupied principally by lawyers AMI
real estate firms. The loss is estimated
at 100000.