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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
POISON IN MRS. GUINNESS BODY.
Also Found in Children, Says Report
of Chemist.

Something of q sensation was caused
1T Laporte. Ind. when Coroner Mack
received from DR.. Walter Haines. of
Rush Medical College. Chicago, his re-
port on the examination of the stom-
achs of Mrs. Belle Guinness and two
Of the children. which had been sub
mitted to DR.. Haines for analysis. The
expert reports that he found strycls
nine and arsenic in fatal amounts in
each of the. three stomachs. The the
Dry that Mrs. Guinness murdered her
children and then committed suicide is
strengthened. in the opinion of many
persons, by the unexpected develop
nents.
Many persons who have been con-
ending that Ray Lamphere, held under
six indictments for the murder of An
lrew IIelgelein. Mrs. Guinness and the
three children is innocent say the the
ory is now strengthened
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Boost in Price of Window Glass.

The price of window glass is ad-
vanced by the American Window Glass
Company, the increase being 20 per
cent. on single strength and 33 1-3 per
cent on double strength. The advance,
it is said, will be followed by an early
resumption of operations in most of
the glass factories.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Lynch Four Negroes.

Being unable to secure the real MUIR
derer of white man a mob in Russell
vile. KY, lynched four negroes whose
only offense had been to express sympa-
thy for the slayer. The negroes who were
lynched were members of lodge. and at
meeting recently, it is said, they APP
proved of the killing of James Cunning
ham, a white farmer, by his negro ten
ant, Rufus Browder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
UNEARTHED BY A PLow.

Skeleton Found with seventy-Nfne
$3.50 Gold Pieces.
skeleton and nearly 5000 in gold
coins were unearthed several days ago by
William Johnson, a Crawford county
farmer. while blowing in a field near his
home at Fredonia, on the banks of the
Ohio river. thirty miles below New Al
bany. No clothing was found with the
skeleton. but in decayed leather pocket
book was found seventy-nine $3.50 gold
pieces. none of recent date. AS the body
was found near the bank of the river,
it is thought that it may have been car
ried from some point up the river and
covered on the river bank by sediment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Kills Girls and Self.

In the absence of his wife at Hartford
Conn, Leonard Hendricks, 81 years old,
killed himself and his two little daughters.
Ann. ) years old, and Lille, years old,
in Cranston, r. l., by means of gas. The
bodies were found after a locked room
had been broken open. A note left for
Mrs. Hendricks said "Good-by" and ex-
husband.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
PRIMA DONNA MISSING.
Grace Van Studdiford Fails to Go to
Europe and Friends Worry.

Grace Van Studdiford, the prima
donna. is missing from her city residence,
BOB West Fifty-seventh street, New York.
and. in spite of the fact that a friend
who resides with the family says that she
will turn up all right. some apprehension
is felt for her. Her husband. Charles l..
Van Studdiford, is now making trip
by automobile from st. Louis to Chicago.
She left home Thursday after writing a
note that she would sail on La Touraine.
As she did not sail on that ship and as
no one could say where she had gone,
friends became interested at one. Her
manager said that he had no notice of
any intended sailing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
"Gas-Pipe Thugsu Ara Executed.

John Siemson and Louis Dabner,
known as 1.-THE gas-pipe thugs" who COM
mitted a series of daring crimes in San
Francisco following the earthquake and
fire in 1906, were executed at San Quen-
tin in the penitentiary for the murder of
NJ. Murakota, japanese banker. BY
their own confession they were guilty of
two other murders and several robberies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Waterman Cremated.

The plant of the National Rendering
Company. at Globe Station. ten miles
south of Hammond, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire, with a loss of $3.50. 900.
Two hundred men are thrown out of
employment. James Mckee, night
Waterman, was caught in the flames
and his body was burned to a crisp.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
$4,000 vanishes from Bank.

The disappearance of $1,000 from the
Tradesman's National bank of Philadel-
phia within the last few days was adj
mtted by Vice President A. Il. Loeb. He
would not discuss the manner in which
the money disappeared. but declared that
an investigation was being made. He in
timated that in any event the bank would
not lose, as all of the employees are bond
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Mice Cause Strike in Choir,

Because playful mice Sunday evening
cavorted around the feet Of fair members
of the choir in the Fourth Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church in Homestead. Pa,
the young women have served ncdce that
there will be no more choir singing until
they are furnished afiidavits that every
mouse in that corner of the church has
henn killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Poisoned Herself and Children.

In Laporte, Ind. Coroner Mack an
nounced that DR.. Walter Haines of Chi
cago, who analysed the stomach of An
drew Helgelein of Aberdeen, 5. d., last
victim of Mrs. Belle Guinness. finding
strychnine and arsenic in fatal doses, has
also found in the stomachs of Mrs. Gun
ness and two of the children arsenic and
strychnine in quantities sufficient to have
caused death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Five Killed in Auto Accident,

The second disastrous automobile
accident within forty-eight hours in
volving prominent San Francisco peo-
pie occurred near Burlingame, the
fashionable suburb of San Francisco,
Cal. when huge car occupied by five
women and two children plunged down
a steep embankment as the result Of
the swapping of the brakes and caused
the death of five of the occupants and
the injury of two others.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

Attorneys General of Four States
Sue to Gust Alleged Trust.

Attorney General Jackson filed in the
District Court of Lyon county, Kan,
custer, quo warranto and injunction suits
against the Yellow Pine Association of
St. Louis. At the same hour, it is stated.
the Attorneys General of Missouri, Pexas
and Oklahoma filed similar suits in their
States. in a concerted effort TO break up
what is alleged to be an illegal combine
TO raise the price of lumber.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
.The.outch Shut Out Of yenezueIa.

rived at V'illemstad, Curacao, from
La Guiara, Venezuela. Her command
er declares that he sent a boat ashore
at La Guiara with an officer and was
refused all means of communication
with the shore. The authorities there,
he says. declined to accept the letter
bags and an official communication to
the German minister, who is in charge
of Dutch interests in Caracas. He re-
ports. also. that Venezuela is preparing
her forts for defense of the country.
1t is generally believed that Holland
will take prompt and decisive action
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Telegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Emil ghtenment
Of the Many.
Pettibone Dies of Cancer.

George Pettibone, for years promi-
nent in the councils of the Western
Federation of Miners, and charged
with President Meyer and former Sec
Rotary Haywood with completely in the
murder of former Governor Steunen-
berg, of Idaho, died at ST. Joseph's
Hospital. Denver, Colo, from the eff
fects of an operation for cancer. Mr.
Pettibone had been i'll practically ever
since his confinement in the Idaho pen
itentiary. which began more than a
year previous to the famous trials at
Boise. Pettibone was tried, but was
acquitted. He leaves a wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
LEGACY OF $4,000 FATAL.
Inheriting Nephew Spends 1t So
Fast that He Dies.

Joseph G. Erb. 81 years old, died in
the Phoenixville. Pa, hospital as a result
of $4,000 legacy left him by an aunt
in Switzerland three months ago. Erb
was a silk weaver employed in a local
mill, and received word of the death of
Lis aunt, Mrs. Jane Pfauner of Berne.
Switzerland. who had made him her heir.
Immediately on receipt of the money he
proceeded to 'have a good time, and
succeeded so we'll that he paid the penalty
in death. Enough money remains of the
small fortune TO pay his funeral expenses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Silver King Loot Found.

Jack Thornton, the prospector, who, in
escaping a mountain lion he had wound
ed, found $4,000 in an old cave near
Pioneer, ella county, Arizona, at last has
discovered, it is believed, the hiding place
of the thieves who, in the early days,
robbed the Silver King mine of thousands
of dollars worth of its richest output.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Aucricnn Ningara Unh.rne,.cd

During the greater part of the week the
American side of the Niagara power con-
nection has been idle, a great bulkhead
stopping the flow of waters in the mile
tunnel so that workmen could repair the
walls and roof where the force of the
current and the ice jams had done dam
age. At the same time divers were put to
work repairing the abutments of the
upper steel arch bridge, which had begun
70 sag.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
County Will Sell Another 800, 900

County Will Sell Another 100000
Worth of Bonds.
Marion county will require more money
for bridges by Oct. l and Auditor Sahm
is arranging to advertise the sale of
100000 worth of bonds. This will be
part of the issue of 100000 worth of
bonds authorized by the county council
last January, the purpose of the appro-
priation being to provide money to COM
plete bridge work then under construc-
tion. One hundred thousand dollars worth
of the bonds were sold some months ago.
and the lot soon to be offered will be the
second hundred thousand dollars worth.
Auditor Sahm said the rest will be sold
as the money Is needed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
GETS LIFE FOR KILLING NIECE.
Kansas Woman Laughs When Sem
fenced for Child's Murder.

Life imprisonment was the punishment
melted out to Mrs. Sarah Morasch to the
District Court of Wyandotte County,
Kansas, for the murder of 4-year-old
Ruth Miller. niece of the woman by
marriage. Mrs. Morasch sent poisoned
candy through the mails to Ella Van Me
ter. ii years old. a half sister of the
murdered child. The older girl, for whom
it was intended did not die. The candy
was sent because the girl had laughed at
the woman. Mrs. Morasch accepted her
punishment with smile, and when asked
if she had anything to say, turned laugh
ingly and walked to her chair. She IS
AZ wears old
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Another Murder Mystery at Laport.

Laporte, Ind, has another murder
mystery for solution. The discovery
in half dug grave covered over with
fence rails, branches of trees and other
debris, on the farm OF DR. Bowel, near
Rolling Prairie. of the badly decom-
posed body of a well dressed man
about 40 years old. has aroused the
authorities in an effort to discover the
identity of the body and to ascertain
whether the man was murdered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Will Hire 1000 Harvesters

The 500 railroad placed an order with
the State free employment bureau in St.
Paul, Mimi, for 1000 men. They are
wanted as harvest hands in Minnesota
and North Dakota, and the wages offered
run from 81 to 81 a day, with board.
Under the order several hundred men
have already been placed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

A cablegram from Paris says: The
failure of the strike, taken in conjunc-
ton with the ending of the strike at
Vignaux. the original cause of the
trouble, is generally interpreted here
as a mortal blow to the general labor
federation. The workmen themselves
are reported to be tired of supporting
a tyrannical organization, which they
now realize is actuated more by politi-
cal motives than desire for the we'll
being of the worker. 1t is also said
that the government is considering a
plan for the dissolution of the body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Ohio Has Lost 45s Saloons.

According to the State auditors re-
port there are 45S fewer saloons in Ohio
than there were Jan. | last. This re-
duces the States revenues since Jan. 1
S397. POI. 1t is believed, however, that
the revenue this year and the $1,000
Aiken tax will amount to about 5000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Jim CROW PLANK ADOPTED.
West Virginia Democrats Name Car
didates for State Offices.

The Democratic State convention in
Charleston, w. va... nominated the fol-
lowing ticket For Governor, Louis Ben
nett; for Lieutenant Governor, Oscar
Jenkins; for Secretary of State. A. b.
Littlepage; for Superintendent of Schools,
/. Il. Bush. The entire morning session
was spent in a discussion of The two
planks to the platform, the Jim Grow"
car and the negro Acknowledgement
planks. which had been referred back to
the resolutions committee. The conven-
ton later adopted both planks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
New style Apartment House

A New York realty company has ac-
cepted plans for the biggest apartment
house on record On a novel plan. 1t is to
occupy one whole city block. and will
have an interior court. fitted up as a
summer garden or green, for the common
use of all the tenants. All the sleeping
rooms will face into this court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Fined for Moving Picture.

For exhibiting a picture to negroes in
which a negro was shown embracing a
white woman a moving picture show pro-
prietor was fined $1,000 in Little Rock
Ark
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Biggest Elephant Dead.

Bolivar. said to be the biggest elephant
ever in captivity, died in his prison houe
at the geological gardens in Philadelphia.
The big fellow had but one rival in cap
tiyitv. Jumbo. The latter was taller,
but Bolivar was much heavier, weighing
sly tons
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
NOT CRIME TO SWEAR AT HOME.
Judge Upholds Man Whose Wife
Tries to Stop His Profanity.

Police Justice Bray of Orange, n. j.,
has announced that man may swear as
much as he pleases in his own home even
if it is likely TO injure the morals of his
children. He delivered this opinion when
Mrs. Katherine Wright appeared before
him to complain of her husband, Milford
Thomas Wright. Mrs. Wright says her
husband uses bad language around the
house. Bray promptly told her he could
not entertain the complaint for the reason
stated. Mrs. Wright said she was only
trying to create better home atmosphere
for her children
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
MusTAcHEs ARE SACRIFICED.

Indiana ReformatOry Attaches Are
Compelled to shave Them.
An order has been issued at the In
diana Reformatory- Jacksonville, requir-
ing the guards and other attaches of the
place to be clean-shaven- The order is
designed to be hygienic in character, and
is based on the theory that a mustache
harbors disease germs. The order seems
to have been accepted with a good grace
although it has meant the sacrifice of q
number of facial ornaments on which the
owners had spent years of careful train
inc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
WOMAN HANGS TANTALIZER.
Strings Up e Haunting Little Boy,
but He Is Cllt Down

Because he tainted her, Mrs. Rosa
Abromson suspended William Landsnan,
the 6-year-old son of A. Landsman. a
neighbor, from her balcony on Cordorus
street in York. Pa. The cries of the
strangling child were heard by Alexander
Bairfi passerby, who cut him down with
his pocketknife. He was black in the face
and the rescue was just in time to save
his life. As soon as the boy was brought
to the home of his parents his father
went before Alderman Bishop and had a
warrant issued for Mrs. Abromson's ar
rest. She was taken into custody by
Constable Ginter and held in bail for
hearing. The charge is felonious assault.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
CITIES BURN; 200 DIE;
BIG AREA. F|RE-SWEPT.
Forest Land in Kootenay Valley
Is Devastated by Sea of
Flame.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
Many Towns Are in Path of the De-
stroyer and Residents Flee
in Panic.

At least 200 lives are known to have
been lost as the result OF bush fires.
which have swept over ali area of one
hundred square miles in the east KOo-
tenay country. Manitoba. Whole cities
and towns have been laid low and the
loss in property is estimated at more
than S10.000.0O0. and this may be
swelled enormously.
Among the towns destroyed or in
the path of the flames are the follow
ing:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
100000 Foundry Fire.

Lightning set fire to the buildings of
the Enterprise Foundry in Sackville.
N. c., and they were totally destroyed
The fire spread to the Intercolonial
Hotel, which also was ruined
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

The new York State Department of
Agriculture has ordered the cutting down
of a large number of fine apple orchards
where the presence of the San Jose scale
has obtained a foothold. If the owners
do not act the department will send men
to cut the trees and collect for the work
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Amnesty for Turkish Fusitives.

Proclamations announcing general am
nesty to political fugitives from Turkey
have been posted in New York and hailed
with joy. Many thousands of exiles are
expected to return to their native land.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Will Push Standard Oil Case.

Government attorneys will prepare at
once their petition for rehearing of the
case in which the $50 ,240,OO0 fine against
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
was wiped out
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Harmed to Divorce sothern.

virginia Harmed. the noted actress and
wife of Il. III. Sothern, now the foremost
American actor. has begun proceedings i'm
Nevada for a divorce, on grounds of in
communicative
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Bows Smother in Mine Shaft.

boys of Mason, w. Va, were smothered
to death in coal mine air shaft at Pome-
roy, Ohio, by gas. One threw the others
cap into the shaft, sixty feet deep, and
they went down for it. They were dead
when recovered
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Kills Himself with Rife,

At Marysville, Ohio, Charles Page, 81
years old and a prominent citizen, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in the
head with a rifle. The cause is unknown
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Railroad Shops Shut Down

The consolidated shops of the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern railway at
Washington, Ind. employing more than
500 men, have closed down indefinitely
and % per cent of the car department
men were discharged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Free Wife i'm Murder Trial

After being out four hours, jury in
Wheeling. w. Va, acquitted Mrs. Lila
Zane Cook, accused of aiding her hus-
band, Charles Cook. in numbering Charles
Bennett of New Kensington, Pa. The
husband is now serving a life term for
fhe crime
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
WOMAN BEATEN; TIED TO BED.
Mrs. N. Petit Has Terrifying Expe-
rieuce at Hot SPRINGS. Ark.

Mrs. y. Petit of Hot Springs, Ark,
was attacked by an unidentified assailant,
who. after beating her almost into insen-
sibility, thrust a rag, saturated with alco-
hol, into her mouth. bound her to her bed
with wire and then tied a number of
matches in her mouth, so that they would
become ignited if she moved her head.
Two hours after Mrs. Petit had been
bound and gagged her husband returned
from work and released her. On being
released she tainted and is now in a dan
gerous condition from nervous exhaustion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Mover Solid with Miners.

Charles III. Meyer has been reelected
rresiGen. of the Western Federation of
Miners by the convention in Denver.
Moyei received 223 votes and p. w.
FLYNN of Butte, Mont, representing the
Industrial Workers of the World, SO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
BEGINS WAR ON MONEY LENDERS
Union Pacific Railroad Starts Cru
SADIE at Kansas City.

Systematic crusade against money lend
ers was started the other day in Kansas
City when Isaac Drake. a negro train
porter on the Union Pacific railroad.
brought suit against Patrick ]. Hughes
for $4,000 damages. Hughes and others
who operate similarly have given the rail-
road company's men so much trouble that
the interest of the company itself has
been aroused. The Union Pacific is sdp-
porting this suit and its local attorneys
are also brakes attorneys. Mr.. Watson,
one of the' company's attorneys. said that
two similar suits were now in prepara-
ton for other employees. The company,
he said, means to rid its employees of
uSurerS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Kills Rahv and Self

Mrs. Elizabeth Gruber, who tried to
kill herself and I-months-od baby in
Philadelphia by asphyxiation on Tues
day. is dead. The child passed away the
previous afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Independence Party Nominations.

The Independence party in Chicago
nominated Hisgen for President and
Graves for Vice President. Mention of
Bryan's name by a Kansas delegate caus-
ed riot and the delegate was elected
from the hall.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
200 Lives Wiped Out.

At least 200 lives have already been lost
in bush fires which have wiped ont sew
eral towrS In British Columbia. Fernie
is destroyer, and thousands are fleeing be-
fore the flames Property loss is over
$1O,OOO00O, and no end of the fire is in
sight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
confesses s4s. $40 Shortage.

X. +. Parkhurst, assistant cashier of
the First National bank of Seattle,
Wash. was arrested and when confronted
with an apparent discrepancy in his &C
counts confessed a shortage OF S4S,330.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
CONDUCTOR HAD AN INNING.
stopped Train to whip Man who
BOmbarded II with Bottles

Stopped Train TO Whip Man Who
Bombarded Ii with Bottles.
AS the Eandalia train was pulling out
of Bruceville, large man. unknown. be-
gan throwing bottles filled with beer at
the conductor, the bottles missing their
aim and smashing to fragments against
the coaches, the train then being under
good Roadway. The conductor pulled the
cord, jumped from the train. and after
a hundred yards pursuit. caught the fel-
low, gave him a good thrashing. and then
rolled him in the mud. Bruceville is a
dry town. having had no saloons for
several years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06

Messenger at RushvfIle.
Word was received by relatives in
Rushville that Simon Moster. young
man formerly a resident of Rushyille. is
now in Belfast, Ireland. where he will
be until September, in the employ of a
wireless telegraph company. He is an
instructor and he is being sent around
the world where new stations are estab-
lished. Moster worked in Rushville as a
messenger boy in the local Western Union
Office. but afterward was employed as an
operator in Chicago. and he became one
of the most expert men in the company's
service
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
Ono Dead. Several Hurt, in Fight.

As the result of fight among halians
in their quarter of Sault Ste. Mlrie,
Ont, one man is dead, riddled with bull
lets. another was fatally stabbed and sew
eral others were more or less injured by
knives and clubs. The police made sew
eral arrests