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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
100 Persons Drowned.

A dispatch from st. Petersburg, Rus
STA, says: A fer-yboat on the river
Dneiper capsized near Bykoff, in the
government of Mohileff, and 120 per-
sons were drowned as a result. The
boat was filed with peasants and their
wives and children, returning from
church. 1t was overcrowded and be
came unmanageable in midstream
The passengers got into a state OF
panic and overturned the boat by
crow ding to one side.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Thaw Has Respite from Asylum.

AS a result of proceedings to secure
the release of Harry Thaw from the
Matteawan insane asylum, it was de.
cided that Thaw shall not be returned
to the asylum while the hearing is in
progress, but shall be confined in the
Dutches County Jail at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. Thaw expressed pleasure at the
decision.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Martial Law in Ohio,

Adjt.-Gen. Critchfield at Ripley, O..
placed the hurley tobacco district of
Ohio under martial law. Two troops
of cavalry and one of infantry arrived
In Ripley for patrol duty. Rumor has
IT that another invasion of Kentucky
riders caused this action. The troops
will be quartered at Ripley.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
the CREWSOME SEARCH OF RUINS is STILL GOING
Several Unidentified Have Been Taken from the Ruins
cause of the Fire Was the Burning Out of the
Electric Fuse in the Elevator.



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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Discover Body Dead 81 Years.

While exploring the Monterosa glacier
in Switzerland a party of guides discov-
cred in an ice creyasse body. which they
cut out of the ice and brought TO Berne.
Later the body was identified as that of
a guide named Naghi. who fell into a
crevasse in the summer of 1897.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Nine Horses cremated.

The livery barn owned by J. G. Wor
ley at Martinsville, Ind. burned and is
thought to have been set on fire by an
electric bolt, and nine horses were ere
mated and much property destroyed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Fire in Philippine Town.

Antipolo. in the province of Moreng
Philippine Islands, has been practical
ly destroyed by fire. Four hundred
houses were burned and hundreds OF
people ara homeless.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
BURGLARS Steal 7oo-Pound Safe.

burglars entered the Union Avenue
Hotel i'm Iryington. y. j.. carried off a
safe weighing 200 pounds and containing
$1,000 worth of valuables. dragged it 600
feet. blew it open with n'troslycerin and
escaped with the contents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
ouarantined with Smallpox.

President Eaton of Beloit college, Wis.
has a mild case of smallpox and is quar-
antined. as are thirteen girls. mostly
freshmen. inmates of Stowell Cottage.
The daily work of the school is going on
a. ,,s,aI excepting for the absence of the
pirls from S,owell Cottage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
WORK or
CONGRESS

~SO@NNN%NO~o

Senator Davis of Arkansas created
mild sensation in the Senate Wednesday
when in discussing his resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Interior for in
formation about the tribal rolls of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians of Okla
homa he declared that 10000 names were
being kept off the rolls by the secretary
and instanced case in which he said
nine members of a family were rated as
negroes and only one as an Indian. Adj
vancing toward Mr.. Foraker of Ohio, his
voice Numbered throughout the chamber
and adjacent halls as he asked, if the
Ohio Senator loved niggers" so well. why
did he not come forward and defend those
members of that race. Only laughter
greeted this and Mr.. Foraker requested in
mild tone that the Senator speak loud
er. Later Mr.. Davis resolution was
passed. All the pension bills on the cal
endar and many other measures of minor
importance were passed during the day.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
under consideration in the House and the
greater part of the time was consumed
in general debate and discussion under the
five-minute rule. Mr.. Fowler, New Jer-
sey, denounced the Aldrich currency bill
and pleaded for the passage of his bill to
create currency commission. Mr.. Will
Jams. Mississippi, presented a petition,
signed by 164 of the 166 Democrats COM
posing the minority, asking the speaker
to recognize some member of the House
to move the discharge of the ways and
means committee from further considera-
ton of the Stevens bill for the removal OF
the duty on wood pulp and print paper
and to pass that bill or a similar one. Mr..
Dalzell of Pennsylvania offered an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill appropriate
ing 100000 for the establishment OF a
national: art gallery in the Smithsonian
Institution The amendment was reject
ed on a point of order. The House disa-
greed to the Senate amendments to the
naval appropriation bill and the bill was
sent TO conference.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
1umns from Bridge Into MISSISSIPPI.

Watched by crowd which thronged
Eads bridge in St. Louis, well-dressed
unknown man leaped from the bridge INTO
the MississiI pi river, fioated about fifty
feet with the current after he came to the
mrface and taen sank.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Six Die in Tenement Fire in New York

An early morning blaze IN a Tour.
story brick tenement at II Humboldt
street, a thickly populated district of
Brooklyn, N Y, caused the death Of
siv persons and the serious injury Of
four others. Every member of one
family, consisting OF a mother and four
children, are among the dead. There
were many thrilling rescues by police
and firemen, and it was due to their
brave work that the death list was not
larger. A half dozen or more persons
who were trapped in the upper stories
we're saved by jumping into life nets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
Plot to Stay All Europeans Uncovered

Plot to Stay All Europeans Uncovered.
A dispatch from Calcutta, India,
says: The police are investigating the
native plot revealed here to murder
Europeans by means of bombs, and
the more they go into the matter the
more serious and widespread does the
conspiracy appear. Documents seized
at the house where bombs and explo-
sives were being manufactured reveal
that it was part of the plot to kill
Lord Kitchener, commander-in-chief
of the British force in India, and other
high officials The authorities believe
they are facing an attempt at revolu-
ton. A number of prominent Benga.
lese are implicated and sensational ar
rests are expected to follow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
FIRE MADE CLEAN SWEEP.

The fire made clean sweep through
the main portion of the hotel. Every
floor is down and only the outer walls,
shaky and tottering, are still standing.
where the cigar stand was located, is
a great mass of debris. timber; and
ashes where the floors aud roof fell.
Looking upward from this clear mass
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
BLAST SINKS WARSHIP;;
200 LIVES ARE lost
Exploding Projectile Destroys jap
anesc Cruiser MatushiEIa at
PescadoreS.
BOATS SAVE OVER 100 OF CREW.
Sons of Baron Chinda and Prince
Oyama, of the Cadets, Thought
to Have Perished.

Two hundred or more Japanese naval
officers and sailors lost their lives
Tuesday when the Japanese training
cruiser Matsushima was demolished
by an explosion The cruiser sank
within few minutes after the crash
and more than half its crew of 35S men
sank beneath the waves with it, despite
frantic efforts az rescue by the cruisers
Itsukushima and Hashidate. About a
hundred men were saved, but most of
the officers, including the captain, are
numbered among the dead. The TRACE
dy was caused by mysterious explo-
sion in the cruisers magazine.
The explosion came just as the cruis-
er was dropping anchor at Makang. Il
harbor on the Pescadores islands. Many
Of the cadets and sailors were assem-
bled on the decks, watching or taking
part in the evolutions. These were
swept into the sea by the upheaval and
part of them saved.
Officers sink with ship.
The officers, however. were nearly all
below on account of the early hour
They Immediately made frantic
scramble for life and safety, but the
warming came too late. The cruiser
was thrown into such panic by the
explosion, and the ways of escape were
SO blocked by the flying debris that be-
fore they could reach the decks the YES
sci had gone down.
4 number were killed outright or
burned in the disaster. Most, however.
were drowned in few minutes after
the cruiser had received its death blow.
The quick sinking Of the ship saved the
helpless victims from the horror of
death by burning.
Some of the proudest families of
Japan are represented among the vic
Tins The sons of Baron Chinda. vice
minister of the foreign office. and of
Prince Oyama, field marshal. are
among the cadets who it was feared
were lost, also Captains Name, Yosh-
mort and Yashiro.
Inc cIuiser Hiu ui>ifidCeinehl Oh
4.2I1 tons. being about the size and
carrying the same armament as the
United States cruiser olympia. 1t car
ried one twelve-inch and eleven four
inch guns. 1t was one of the older
ships of the japanese navy, having
been built in 1890. at cost Of 81 ,0O0.-
900. The vessel was Admiral ItO's flag
ship at the battle of the Yalu River
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

only of the trunk and the head burned
beyond all recognition as human re-
mains. Pronounced by coroner to be
the body of a man and may possibly
be that of Burke, the missing porter
at the hotel
THE MISSING.
r. Z. TRIEBEL, a land agent of
Dalhart, Texas.
FRANK BAXTER, attorney, of Au-
burn, Ind.
THE INJURED AT HOSPITALS.
Z. M. Matthews, travelling salesman,
of Columbus, Ohio; condition serious.
Nathaniel H. Bell (colored), house
man at the Aveline, Fort Wayne
George Sill, travelling salesman for
S. F. Bowser Oil Tank Company, of
Cincinnati. Ohio.
F. C. Phillips, travelling salesman, of
Calumet, Mich.
John p. Strohecker, travelling sales
man, of New York City.
James A. Foster, travelling salesman,
of Lowell, Mass. Travelled for Marsh
& Franklin, of Boston, Mass.
Margaret Meehan, of $40 Walnut
street. Fort Wayne, waitress at the
hotel.
Anna Block, Fort Wayne, house
keeper at Aveline Hotel.
Agnes NaGeau, of Wyandotte, Mich,
head waitress at Aveline Hotel.
Lyman Campbell, travelling sales
man, Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

The Senate had under consideration all
day Thursday the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. Practically all the committee
amendments were disposed of except those
relating to the forest service. which will
be taken up Friday. Consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill was
resumed in the House. Mr.. Townsend of
Michigan offered an amendment increas-
ing from $4,000 to S350,00O the appro-
priation for the enforcement ly the in
terstate commerce commission of that
clause of The Hepburn act directing the
commission to cause to be made examina-
tons of the accounts of the interstate
railroads of the country to determine
whether that law is being violated and TO
make public the results of such examina-
tions. After a debate lasting four hours
the amendment was agreed to. The House
disagreed to the Senate amendments to
the District of Columbia and pension APP
preparation bills and sent those bills to
conference
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

The policy sought to be established by
the government of providing and equip
ping buildings for its ambassadors in
European capitals received a setback Sat
urday in the Senate. where the diplo-
matte bill was under consideration.
Through a point of order by Mr.. Culber-
son Of Texas, an amendment appropriate
ing 800. 900 for such building at Paris
was stricken out. The bill was then
passed, following which eulogies on the
life and public services Of the late Sen
ators Mallory and Bryan of Florida were
delivered. Passage by paragraph, under
suspension of the rules, of the sundry
civil appropriation bill was continued in
the House, but was not completed. The
bill authorizing the appointment by the
President of an additional member of the
Philippine commission and that appro-
priating $25O.OOO for the relief of the
cyclone sufferers in the South were
passed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

The time of the Senate was taken up
for two hours Friday with a speech by
Senator jeff Davis of Arkansas. asking
that the committee on the judiciary be
discharged from further consideration of
his bill for the suppression of trusts The
remainder of the day was given OTer TO
the consideration Of resolution by Sen
ator Elkins, suspending until Jan. 1,
1910. the commodity clause of the Hep
burn railroad rate law. The resolution
provoked so much debate and so many
amendments were offered dealing with
other phases of the railroad legislation
that the whole matter went over until
Monday. The House spent all of the
days session in considering and passing
paragraph by paragraph under suspension
of the rules, the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. 4 determined effort was made
to strike from the bill a restriction pro-
hibiting the employment of secret service
employees in any detective work other
than the guarding of the President and
the running down of conte-feiters, but the
limitation was agreed to and the para
graph finally adopted in substantially its
original form. Objection by Democratic
members TO unanimous consent defeated
the passage of a bill for the printing and
distribution of 100000 copies of a special
repor by the Department of Agriculture
describing diseases of cattle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY
MR.. BRYAN ADDRESSED 10000 PEG.
PIE AT cHlcAGU AaMoRY.
Presented Arguments Calculated to
Show the democratic Pssty -tst
Abe to Correct c5nel,sns.

Chicago, Mar 20.-Deciaring that
the gr, attest OF pres, mt day evils is
the domination OF politics by the favor
seeking corporations. and asserting
that the Democrats party is the best
qualified to undertake the task Of cor
recting this. William J. Bryan Thurs
day nislt celebrated his fcrty-elgnth
birthday by delivering speech on na'
tional issues b fore big mass meet
ing In the Seventh regiment armory
on Sixteenth street. Mr.. Bryan took
for his subject "Why Democracy" and
after discussing the records Of Presi.
dent Roosevelt, Governor Hughes and
Secretary Taft as regards corporation
legislation, be answered the question
by saying:
Because the Democratic party Is
the only party sufficiently large to give
hope Of success and sufficiently Demo
cratic to give hope Of relief after a
victory has been won"
The speech by Mr.. Bryan was the
only one delivered at the meeting.
Carter H. Harrison. former mayor Of
Chicago and head Of the Bryan league.
under the auspices Of which the gath
sring was held. introduced the speaker
after declaring that the meeting had
been organized TO give Mr.. Bryan a
full opportunity to express his views
on issues which may be expected to
come up in the national campaign.
Tne proceedings we're e BIT late In
starting. owing 10 the size OF The
audisnce. About ten thousand persons
crowded into the big building and Il
vas nearly an hour past the scheduled
time Of eight o'clock when Mr.. Bryan
began 70 speak.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

nom the time OF the killing of Frank
Stuenenberg to the present, including
the arrest of Orchard; his confession;
the arrest of Charles q. Meyer, presi
dent of the Western Federation Of
Miners; VIM. D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer Of the federation, and George
A. Pettibone; the trials of Haywood
and Pettibone, and the plea of guilty
entered by Orchard to the charge OF
murder in the first degree, the pun
ishment for which under the Idaho
statutes is death.
Ernest Mills, acting secretary for
the Western Federation of Miners,
said Wednesday that the federation
would remain passive in regard to
disposition to be made Of Orchards
case.
IF Judge Woods made the state
ment credited to him." said Mr.. Mills,
there is little doubt but that me is
paving the way for freedom for Or
chard. 1t has been claimed all along
that Orchard had been promised free
dom by Governor Gooding of Idaho for
making the confession he made at the
trials. That the political ring back OF
it has promised to go down the line
for Orchard is also well known fact.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
ORCHARD IS SENTENCED
GETS DEATH PENALTY WITH RE
COMMUNICATION or PARDON.
Judge Woods Thinks Statements True
But That He Should Not SUI
fer Extreme Penalty.

Caldwell, Idaho, Mar. 49, Stating
that he believed Harry Orchard, in
his testimony in the trials of William
D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone
for the murder Of ex-Gov. Frank Steu.
nenberg, told the exact truth, attempt
ihg to conceal nothing. Judge Fremont
Wood. in the district court Wednesday
recommended that the state board OF
pardOns commute Orchards sentence
Of death to imprisonment in the state
penitentiary. The sentence Of death
was pronounced In accordance with
the plea Of guilty by Orchard Tues
day Of last week when arraigned.
Judge Wood presided at both the Hay
wood and Pettibone trials.
In sentencing Orchard and recon-
mending the Communication Of his SEN
tence. Judge Wood reviewed the case
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
PoiIEIon of RaeIna can.

Ogden, Utah, Mar. 23.-Journeyina
slowly southwark from shdoo, New
and following closely the line Of ths
salt Lake Route" the American car,
Arst IN the race from New York "a
Paria, brought up Sunday night ai
Daggstt, Cal. IN the heart Of he No
ave desert Al 1905 O'Clock Sunday
afiaFnoon the Italian car struck out
from Corrinne. 30 miles Eest Of Or.
Cen. sirtyeight miles beyond Cor.
rinns = ne town q Ksiion, Utah, end
h1la na arrival a. lhe llnllan oaF b
anxienrlT ausitaA Ths Efrnch czr,
rlnal1E thlr9 = nou t1Iol % -
A ~ 40 1cI11cl q cl11n. Wa.
l1IT ~ 11xI'1r 11llf tI1Iacc1
Ita* t.fr1 tE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
a Plea for cotton.

Washington, Mar. 19.-In the course
Of a discussion OF the cotton industry,
Mr.. Helm, (Ala) in the house Of rep
resentatives Wednesday referred 70
the falling OF Of the trade Of this
country in that staple. He pleaded
that the producers should be put upon
the same basis as any manufacturer
or mercantile business. The one OBJ
stacle that stood in the way Of buying
and selling cotton in the open, he d.
clared, was the New York cotton en-
change, which was the "rottenest On
EARTH" and the various "bucketshops
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
A Few Words
to Our Subscribers

Order GOT Of the Postoffce department, pro-
ceeds upon the theory that only paid-in-advance
subscribers enttle newspaper to second-class mail
rates. However, the order gives weekly papers
year in which to secure renewals, but if the subscrip
ton is not renewed within that period the paper is
denied the second class mail rates. While we doubt
the necessity Of such ruling, and believe ii will
work hardship to both the subscriber and pub
Usher, yet the Reflector desires to be within the
law. For this reason we ask all our subscribers a
year in aTears--or near that time-prompty to re-
NIT the amount due, and, if convenient, year in adj
vance. The department gives us until April to Sc
cure the payment. This will be a small matter for
most Of our subscribers, and viii save as much trou-
bic in squaring ourselves with Uncle Sans postofce.
Remit BY personal check, draft or money order.
We tust that the Old Home Paper viii continue to
be welcome visitor in your home, and that the
mutual good feeling Of paper and patron win not be
dssuh,d By TIE ohder Of his Possofios department.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
CONVENTION IS OVER.
Republicans Selected Their Dele
gates and Adjourned.

Republicans Selected Their Dele
gates and Adjourned.
The Fifth district Republican con
vention was held In the court room al
p. m. Wednesday.
Senator e. R. Fulton Of Marshall
was chairman and Oscar +, Marcotl
Of Cloud was secretary.
On motion the chairman. Senator
Fulton, appointed these committees;
Resolutions 4 ]. Brown, Marshall
U. =. Need, Clay; W. T. Short, Clouds
T. j. Rexroat, Dickinson; W. s. Roark,
Geary; Judge W. 7. Dillon, Republic;
W, II. Donaldson, Riley;A. ?. Riddle,
Ottawa; O. H. Birch, Saline; 7. E.
Ertel, Washington.
Rules and order Of business -. H.
Martin, Clay; F. M, Foster, Cloud; 9.
NJ. Hargsr. Dickinson; N. D. Swenson,
Geary. M. Delaney, Marshall; A. Q.
Miller, Republic; J. B. Anderson,
Riley.
The delegates elected were: Cap
tain R. 7. Stanfeld, ,Belleville; Cap
tain w. v. Heusted Of Clay Center.
Alternates, g. E. Ingalls, Of Washing
ton, G. W. Schmidt Of Geary.
Five candidates were placed before
the convention: W. ". Heusted, Clay
Center; R. T. Stanield, Belleville; E.
v. Brown, Concordia; j. D. Colt,
Riley; G. W. Schmidt, Geary. The
votes were:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
croaslno Desort . eoIdaeld.

Ely, New, Mar. 1s.-Tho American
car reached Ely At $40 Paeifc time
Wednesday afternoon. Ely d 800
nilss southwest Of ogden. Utah Tsis
e ths end Of he raliroad linz n TIA
direction. II crossing ne desert ~
asi1noliio VIII f1lloE the ed trail
lsif oli 10 1915 . ~ gnk ari1a Tho
kntrlcan cfeH focE rrrrer tart 80
~ a E;r1 ~ 11ia1si1 Izs ~
en- Ira 81 nI41t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

TIE "lron Brotherhood Organized.
: Denver, Mar l9.-"To use peaceful
and lawful mecas to keep the yellow
and brown races and all European
coolies from landing on the shores OF
the United States, thereby protecting
the position Of every laboring man." Is
given as one Of the objects OF the Iron
Brotherhood, new secret fraternal or
ganlzation that aled articles Of incor
poratlon with the secretary Of state
here Wednesday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

The candidates for alternates and
their vote on the single ballot taken
were: W. W. Shore, SalIha, 80; c.. E.
Ingalls,, Washington, So; G. W.
Schmidt, Geary, SO; Z. v. Brown,
Cloud, "a. 4.
RESOLUTIONS. Il
These resolutions were adopted
unanimously;
We, the Republicans OF the Fifth
Congressional District in convention
assembled, reaffirm and renew our al
legiance to the principles Of the Re-
publican party as enumerated in the
National Republican platform and we
recall with satisfaction the splendid
achievements q the National admin
istration and the Republican Congress
in carrying out the principles of Re-
publicanism under the wise and ag-
gressive leadership Of President Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
We heartily endorse the candidacy
OF the Honorable W. H. Taft for pres
ident and instruct our delegates to
use all the means within their power
to bring about his nomination.
This convention of the Fifth Con-
gressional district which has been SO
long represented by Hon. W. A. Cal
derhead sends greetings to him and
expresses universal joy over his re-
covery from his recent serious sick
ness.
The convention then adjourned.
In the evening smoker was held in
A. O. U. W. hall at which the dele
gates and hundred or SO Abileneites
enjoyed cigars, apples and visit.