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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
ACQUITTED ONcHARGE
OF KILLING DR.. RUST|A
Omaha Jury Sets Charles E. Davis,
Who Was Held fer Murder,
at Liberty.
IS END OF A NOTED TRIAL.
Defendant Is Related by Family Ties
to Prominent Officials of First
National Bank.

After thirteen hours deliberation the
jury in the case of Charles z Davis.
charged with the murder of DR.. Fred
erick I. Rustin Sept. 2, in Omaha,
agreed upon a verdict of mot guilty"
Two hours later Judge Sears received
the verdict and ordered the discharge
of the prisoner. 1t required nineteen
ballots to reach an agreement. The first
ballot stood II to | for acquittal of the
charge of murder in the first degree
The lone juror maintained his position
during four ballots. and after that was
Joined by another in voting for convic-
ton on lesser charge
The case attracted attention not
only because of the prominence Of the
victim of the deed, who was one of the
leading physicians and surgeons Of the
city, and the mystery surrounding the
tragedy, but because of the family con-
nectiOns Of the defedant. Although
himself holding a minor position in the
First National Bank. Davis is the
brother of the vice president and uncle
of the president, the cashier and other
officials of that institution. and is re-
lated to men prominent in financial
affairs at New York. 1t is not believed
that further prosecutions will be I'M
dertaken in the Rustin matter unless
unexpected evidence should be discov-
cred
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
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There are over 100 priests of the Pas
sionist order now at work in this coun-
try.
At the Northern German NJ Il. confer
ence at Fairfax, Mimi, a resolution was
passed by a unanimous vote condemning
the idea prevalent in some quarters that
ell Germans were opposed to temperance
legislation.
Canon Jeremiah c. Moynihan, probably
the oldest Catholic priest in the world,
died in Chicago the other day. He was
100 years old May last. Death was due
to old age. 1t was only two years ago
that he celebrated his last mass.
William Il. Chandler, former Senator
from New Hampshire, has come into the
limelight again by advocating q new re-
ligious doctrine, namely. that after we
lay down our physical beings on this
earth our souls will go to some of the
stars. there to be reinvested with new
bodies and to have the same conscious
existence a. here, only to greater perfec-
ton. He said in an interview that his
faith in a future life is stronger than
ever. but that it was only faith-that
we are not intended to have knowledge on
the subject.
War to the end on the evil of saloons
in Minneapolis being owned by brewing
companies is the determination of the
Civic Federation of the Mill City.
1t is estimated that there are 100000
600 Protestants in the world. as COM
pared with 2JO,O0O,OOO Catholics and
100000 adherents of the Greek and
oriental churches.
The Congregational church at Charles
City. Iowa. celebrated its fftie,h ami
versary with a program which included
addresses from the older members and
greetings from surviving members in dis
tant cities.
The Methodist Times, British week
ly, divides its profits every year between
certain charities. This year the aged min
listers and ministers widows fund got
81, 200.
The Lutheran Church of the Ascension
at Savannah gives a pin for each two
months perfect attendance at Sunday
school, one of solid gold being the reward
for years regular attendance.
One of the Oldest colored churches in
the South is the Washington Avenue Pres
byterian of Macon, Ga. 1t was founded
in 1899 by the First church, a white or
ganization that believed it was time to
do something for the slaves.
Rev. Henry C. Rose of Newark, n.
J., declared from his pulpit that "every
fault, sin or crime could be prevented,
every bad habit cured by mental sus, IS
ton given while the patient slept" He
explained that natural sleep is far more
preferable for this kind of work than
hypnotic sleep, and added that, al ',ough
the conscious self is slumbering, TIA sub
conscious self is most on the alerf and
keenly susceptible to suggestion, as! that
it will abide by such suggestion when the
conscious self is aroused. He cited cases
in which men had been cured of the
club habit, and recommended the treat
ment for extravagant wives and bad boys
and girls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
CONGRESS HITS AT ROOSEVELT.
House Names Committee to Act on
Part of Message that Offends.

4fght between the President of the
United States and Congress. which
some seemed to think may exceed any
breach since the famous Andrew John
son Impeachment case. began Friday.
1t was precipitated by the President
attacking the integrity of the members
Of the House and Senate. Action
against the President was taken In the
Honse when a committee of four was
appointed to deal with the objection
able portions of the message. When
the President, in his message, de-
clared that the main reason for Con-
gross curtailing the scope OF secret
service operations was because the
members themselves feared investiga-
ton, and that the amendments benefited
only criminals, he stirred up the trou-
bic. While the more deliberate Senate
was quietly planning rebuke to the
President, the House acted openly.
The resolution providing for the ere
buke' committee was introduced by
Representative Perkins Of New York
as had been prearranged. The resolu-
ton is preceded by q preamble recit-
ing some expressions OF the message.
In presenting the resolution Mr.. Per
kins made a brief statement. saying
that he was satisfied that the House
would not hesitate to take such action
as the dignity of that body required.
He said that some of the Presidents
expressions were unfortunate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
JAPAN TO STOP EMIGRATION.
Last Possible Cause of Trouble Be-
tween Two Countries Disappears.


All japanese emigration to the Unit
ed States is to be stopped by the jap
anese government, writes a prominent
Washington correspondent. When the
japanese Diet meets few weeks hence
Baron Komura. Minister of Foreign
Affairs, will make official announcement
that the government has decided to pro-
hihit all emigration TO the United
States after givenIdate. Thus will
disappear the last remaining difference
or possible cause of trouble between the
United States and Japan.
japanese prohibition Of emigration is
the greatest triumph Elihu Roor has
achieved in the State Department. 1t
was Secretary Root who induced the
japanese government TO take this step.
and. though the announcement in To-
kio may be made upon the assumption
that the Japanese government has vol
utarily decided upon this course, as a
matter of fact the decision was reached
through long series of negotiations be-
tween Secretary Root and Baron Taka-
hira. the japanese ambassador TO the
United States. The order of the Japan
csc government will prohibit all emf
grafton, but will, of course, leave travel
free, SO that merchants, students and
tourists from Japan may visit America
at will under the passport agreement
with the United States government.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
{ Al$s;s:s% SIDE SIDE
Jhe News ~

Everybody works the consumer.


Many SILVER, but few are frozen.
The emperor business is not what it
once was.
The benevolent Mr.. Rockefeller is too
full of oil to take water.
Down in Panama they not only have to
dig but prop up the canal
Japan is afraid to kick China while the
other nations are looking?
"How to be happy though ex-marrieJ'
is a problem among the divorced twelfth.
Some people can get more money on a
bad check than others can on a good one.
Several prominent bank wreckers will
spend the winter season in the peniten-
tiary.
The German Emperor can go off behind
the barn and talk to himself as much as
he lies.
And after a while the independents
also go off together and form trust of
their own.
Indiana has produced 12-year-old au-
thoress. Aren't even the babes in The
cradles safe?
With cattle it is the foot-and- mouth dis
ease and with statesmen the foot-in-
mouth disease.
An automobiles who is not fined now
and then considers that he might as well
not have a machine.
These are the days when it is unsafe to
take to the woods The amateur hunter
is abroad. lie is dangerous.
China is getting so liberal it won't be
long before you can slap the Emperor on
the back and call him old boy.
A man on trial for murder and convict
ed of arson. is almost as bad as the irish
magistrate who found the man who stole
two mules guilty of bigamy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
ELEVEN MEN ARE KILLED.
Premature Explosion of Dynamite at
Bas obispo on Panama Canal.

Premature Explosion of Dynamite at
Bas obispo on Panama Canal.
A giant blast Of dynamite, already
prepared for firing. was prematurely
exploded in the-eanal workings at Bias
Obispo, on the Panama Canal. Eleven
men were killed and fifty injured. Bas
Obisp0 cut is about thirty miles from
Colon. and the shock of the explosion
WAS distinctly felt here. Numerous re-
ports are current as to the cause of the
actident, but the official version from
Culebra states that during the loading
of the last hole of the blast the dyna-
mite was discharged and the remaining
twenty-five tons were exploded by con-
cussion. The holes had not been con-
nected electrically, as the discharge of
tn" blast was set for 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. The majority of the victims
are Spaniards. Relief trains were sent
to the scene Of the disaster Tradition
has it that the Panama Railroad cost
one human life for every tie. What
with accidents, instructions and dis
case, the construction of the canal has
not gone along without exacting its toll.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
VENEZUELAN SHIP is SEIZED.
Dutch Cruiser Sails Under Guns of
Forts for Capture.

The Dutch cruiser Gelderland came
into port ut Willemstad. Island Of Cur
acoa, Sunday morning towing the Ven
ezuelan coast guardship Alix with the
Dutch flag flying and a Dutch crew on
board. The Gelderland captured the
Alix OFF Puerto Cabello on Saturday
At that time the Alix was lying close
in shore. and Notwithstanding the
threat which the Venezuelan govern
ment had made to fire upon any of the
Dutch warships committing a hostile
act, the Gelderland steamed at speed
towards the guardship and sent an
officer and guard in a launch to seize
it. This they did without resistance
and no shots came from the forts. The
crew of the AliX was put ashore and
The Dutch officer and marines remained
on board, the Gelderland finally taking
the AliX in tow and steaming away
with the prize The seizure of the Alix
was in accordance with the plans of the
Holland government when instructions
were issued to the three Dutch war
ships now i'm those waters to make a
demonstration off the coast of Vene-
zIela and to capture any Venezuelan
Ships of war or guard vessels that they
might find
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
HAMS TRIAL BEGINS.
Brother of Army officer Who Killed
Annis Is First to Face dry.

The trial Of Thornton Jenkins Hams,
author and seafarer. charged with be-
ing an accessory to the murder of VIII
liam K. Annis by Capt. Peter c. Hams,
Jr., began Monday before Justice Crane
in the Supreme Court Mt Flushing, L. L.
All the wheels of legal machinery, it is
said, will be put in motion to bring to
speedy conclusion this trial. which
promises TO rival the Harry X. Thaw
case in interest and sensational fea-
lures.
William Il. Annis. an editor of an
outing periodical, was shot and killed
while stepping from his boat to the float
Of the Bayside Yacht Club last August
BY Capt Hams. The army captain had
named his victim as correspondent in a
suit for divorce brought against his
WIFE, Claudia Hains. and counsel allege
that brooding over his wrongs brought
on temporary insanity. In company
with his brother. Thornton, he went to
the Bayside Yacht Club and inquired
for Annis. When Annis stepped from
the boat Capt Hams shot him five
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
WATER CONGRESS OPENS
Senators, Governors and Captains
Of Finance Attend Meeting
in Capital.
PLANS NATIONAL IN SCOPE.
Fairbanks, Ambassa-
dor Bryce and Other Men of
Note Deliver Addresses.

One of the most notable gatherings
ever assembled In the history Of this
country in the interest of waterway de-
yelopment was called to order when
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress met at Washington in fifth an
nual convention. The congress is ma
uonal in its purpose, representing all
sections and all waterways, and Is en-
deavoring to impress Congress with the
necessity of comprehensive policy for
improving rivers, canals and harbors of
the nation. Senator's, representatives
diplomats, captains of finance. governors
of many States and others high in Off
cial life were present.
President RansdelI in his opening
address said Congress should appropri-
lte $50.00O.000 for waterway improve
ments. Mr.. Ransdell declared that TIE
evidences in favor of improved water
ways has been especially marked dur
Ing the last twelve months In speak
ing of President Roosevelts efforts in
this direction he asserted that Mr.
Roosevelt is the first President to give
special attention to this subject and
advocated it forcefully In messages to
Congress. He mentioned the fact that
both of the leading political parties
rs well as most Of the others, declared
in their platforms In favor of improv-
ing the nations waterways on liberal
and comprehensive lines.
In extending TO the congress n cordial
welcome to the city of Washington.
Vice President Fairbanks said it was
obvious that the Improvement of our
waterways had not kept abreast of our
industrial needs and our national prog
ress. The time has arrived. he said
when we must give to the subject of
securing adequate transportation IA
cilities at a minimum cost intelligent
and effective consideration. In dis
cussing the cost of improving American
waterways the Vice President said that
as much Of the benefit to be derived
from the expenditures would be for the
future reasonable share Of the
amount should be provided for by a
bond issue. so as justly and equitably
to distribute the burden among all the
bencficiaries of the expenditure.
Ambassador Bryce Of Great Britain,
who spoke of the Development of Brit
ish waterways, said conditions in Brit
ain. where few navigable rivers existed,
were so different from this country
that his suggestions could not be of
substantial service
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17

the fact that negro soldiers did the
shooting but also fixes the identity of
some of the leaders. Every member of
the companies concerned in the raid
was discharged without honor, and
many of these were veterans with eX=
ccllent records.
The President recommends that the
members of the companies not actually
taking part in the raid. but who by a
conspiracy OF silence shielded the real
offenders. be restored TO the service on
condition that they tell all they know
about the affair and help in fixing re-
sponsibility for the crime. The Presi-
dent appends to his message a great
number Of documents showing the negro
soldiers guilty of the murders commit
ted in the raid on the white inhablt-
ants of the Texas town.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

Bloodhounds will be added TO the
Washington police force for work in the
suburbs.
At Elsmere, Del. the plant of f. Blu
menthal Co, glazed kid manufacturers.
was almost entirely burned.
Sixty-fve families were made homeless
by a fire in Centralia, Pa. which burned
over three blocks. Loss 100000.
Mrs Lillian II. Doty. who was recently
granted a divorce at Sioux Falls. com
mitted suicide in a Brooklyn hotel.
The worlds record of :443-5 for
mile and a sixteenth was broken NJ En-
eryville by Charley Ellison's ROYAL Tour-
list. when he won the winters handicap
from a high class field in :4!l-5.
The New York World has cabled IN
Chancellor ron Buelow of Germany and
caused TO be published in the press of
this country complete retraction of the
alleged synopsis of the Emperor's inter-
view with DIR. Hale, published in its issue
Of Nov. 81. The World edtorially ex4
pressed its regret at the publication.
which. it says. was the result of over
zeal and done without the knowledge of
the proprietor or chief editor.
Having secured consent from Mrs.
Cobb to play winter baseball. Ty Cobb.
Detroit's noted batter, has signed for a
season with semi-professionals in New
Orleans.
All the officers of the Mutual Savings
Life Insurance Company of New York
have resigned. following a controversy
lasting several weeks. President William
a. Fir; Ike. i, rssigning. charged that
Miles NJ. Dawson. who was an expert in
surance adviser of the Armstrong commit
tee, had sought 10 sell out the company.
Fricke WAS formerly superintendent of in
surance in Wisconsin and became presi-
dent of the Mutual Savings Life eleven
months a-o.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Boy Falls Fifty Feet.

Playing tag" on the frail temporary
runways and stairs at the new build
ing under process Of construction by
the Peoples Trust and Savings Com.
pany, on the site of the old Y. NJ. C. A.
building on Calhoun street, Fort
Wayne, Ind, Orville Mettert, a lad 16
years of age. attempted to leap from
a stairway TO a ledge few feet be-
low. but miscalculating the distance
plunged to the bottom o. the base
ment, distance of fully fifty feet.
Horrified bystanders IT shed to the
spot where the boy lay unconscious
expecting to find him dead. He was
picked up and carried to the Office of
DR.. Ditton, above the Meyers phar-
macy, where it was discovered that be-
yond a deep cash on the left side of
the head and fractured rib the lad
was uninjured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
living Man at the ThrattIe.

Unknown to passengers or trainmen,
diving laan's hand controlled the throttle
of the cast-bound Great Northern coast
Messenger train Monday afternoon. The
diving man was George Z. Irwin, the en-
GINGER. who died moment after ne was
taken from the train in Minneapolis. Ir-
win vas found unconscious, leaning out
of the cab window with his skull frac-
.ured. He is supposed to have struck
his head against bridge railing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
MAY UNITE ALL PREsBYTERIANs.
Onc Within GAMING Kenr

Church Bodies Expected to BE Made
One Within Coming Year.
Plans for the union of the Presbyterian
church in the United States with more
than 100000 members. the Reformed
church in the United States with men,
hcIship of 100000. and the Welsh Pres
byterians. numbering over 10000, have
been perfected by a committee composed
oil leaders of the three denominations. ap-
POINTED while the federal council of Chris
;ian churches was in session in Phila'lel-
phia recently. The committee found that
all could unite without any SACRIFICING its
creed or form of government. and the
members. will recommend to the highest
body in their respective churches an al
sllute union. 1t is believed the meras
can be effected in less than a year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Kills Boy Who snowbaIIed Him.

Goaded to desperation by the perse-
cutions of boys who were snowballing
him, Adolph Schultze, aged 40, of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, shot and mortallr
wounded Mark Killgalen, aged IL, one
of his alleged tormentors. The boy
died two hours later. Schultze was
arrested.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Almost Mobbed "Divine HeaIer.v

Declaring at a meeting in Macomb,
HI, that President Mckinley was an
anarchist, that he had turned more
people loose to prey ON society than
assassination of Mckinley was all
right. excepting that it did not happen
soon enough, the self-styled Divine
Healer" Schlatter only escaped per.
scnal violence through intervention of
the police The officers escorted Schlat.
ter to hotel and to the first train out
of town, followed by mob of citizens,
threatening to do violence If he did
not leave at once. Schlatter went to
Quincy, III.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17

William j. Bryan, his guest, Col
Moody. and two other hunters were ar
resled at Moodys game preserve near
Caiveslo on. Texas, for violating the game
law. The law allows a hunter TO kill
only twenty-five ducks. while the four had
10 between them. Moody and the other
two hunters pleaded guilty, but they pro-
tested Mr.. Bryan was innocent, as he had
killed only fifteen mallards.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
DEATHS LAID TO LOW WAGES.
Doctor Tells What lie Thinks Ii
killing NeHY Workers.

In an address at, the tuberculosis ex-
hibit in New York DIR. Woods Hutchin-
son declared one-fourth of the money
wasted annually by the city would check
tuberculosis in that vicinity. what is
killing the people of this city," he said,
may be stated as overwork, underfeeding
and overcrowding. and two of these may
he included under the one word, under
paid The admonition. the message of
the church and of medicine TO the COM
munity is not give TO the poor but don't
take so much away from them"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
RICH MAN SLAIN IN HOME.
T.. ID. Hirschberg of ST. Louis Drops
Dead After walking Upstairs

Francis d. HirschDerg, prominent in
the Roman Catholic church and per-
sonal friend of Archbishop Glennon, also
we'll Known in club and business circles
and as a director of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition, was shot and killed at
his home. 2S1S Lindell boulevard st.
Louis. early Tuesday. Whether his death
WIS the result of murder or suicide has
rot been determined. Members of the
family aver that he was the victim of
burglar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Loss of steamer Confirmed.

There is now no doubt that the steamer
D. Nj. Clemson went down with all hands
near White6sh Point, Lake Superior,
Twenty-ihree hatch covers have been
washed ashore and their description con-
vinces the Provident Steamship Company
that they belong to the missing boat. The
steamer had a crew of twenty-five men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Test Well 2,1oo Feet Deep; No OIL Yet.

The deepest oil we'll hole ever drilled
In Sullivan County, Indiana. is that on
the Durham farm, in the west edge of
the county The drill is now down
about 2,100 feet, and will be sent 900
feet farther-if oil or gas in paying
quantities is not found
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Mother of John W. Gates Dead.

Mrs. A. A. Gates, mother of John w.
Gates, died at Port Arthur, Texas, of
diabetes, aged 81 years. The body was
forwarded to st. Charles. ILL.,. on a
special train that has been held at
Port Arthur for the past week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
NitroqIycerin ExpIodes.

The nitroglycenn tanks of the indie
pendent Powder Works at Webb City,
Mo, exploded, one man being killed
and several seriously hurt. The explo-
sion was felt over radius of fifteen
miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Hit by snowbau, kills I,a

Goaded to desperation by the persecu.
tons of boys who were snowballing him.
Adolph Schultze, aged 40 shot and killed
Mark Killgalen, aged II, one of his all
legged annoyers, in Schenectady. n. Y.
SchultZe was arrested.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-17
Veterinary Surgeon Dies I'm Fire.

DIR. G.. T.. Barnes, a veterinary sur
geon, was burned to death and James
Crane narrowly escaped similar fate
when their houses at Woodville, Chic,
were destroyed by fire. Both wero I'M
married and lived alone in cottages on
adjoining lots.