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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
WRIGHT MEETS U. S. TEST.
Crville, with Passenger, in Airshir
SURPRISES Requirements.

Surpasses Requirements.
Orville Wright Friday night attain
ed hard earned success. In a ten.
mile cross country flight near Wash
ington in the aeroplane built by him.
self and his elder brother. Wilbur, and
accompanied by Lieutenant Benjamin
d. Foulois. of the army signal corps
he not only suppressed the speed re
quirements of his contract with the
United States government but accom-
plished the most daring fight ever
planned for heavier than air flying
machine
He broke all speed records over q
measured course and established the
practicability of the aeroplane
Wright's speed was more than AZ
miles an hour. He made the ten-mile
flight in Ia minutes and AZ seconds
including the more than twenty sec
onds required for the turn beyond the
line at Shutter Hill, the southern end
of the course. He attained a height
in crossing the valley of Four Mile
run of nearly 500 feet, and the aver.
age altitude of his practically Level
course was about 200 feet.
President Taft arrived at the pa,
rade ground at Fort Myer just in
time to see the aeroplane land and tc
participate in the demonstration which
welcomed the triumphant aviators. He
sent Colonel Treat, commanding off
Ger of the artillery at Fort Myer, to
bear his congratulations to the vic
torc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
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In German Southwest Africa new
diamond mines have been discovered
whose value is estimated at $3.50, 000,
600.
During the past two weeks ia
deaths from the bubonic plague and
thirty-six deaths from cholera occur
red at Annoy. China. The diseases are
still unchecked.
The Turkish court martial appointed
by the new government TO investigate
the massacres in Adana Province re-
ports that fifteen of the guilty Turks
had already been hanged, that 500
more deserve death, that $4,000 deserve
hard labor for life and that $4,000 de-
serve minor sentences. In view of the
reported reconciliation of the opposing
elements, it is recommended, however
that general amnesty be proclaimed,
a national holiday
report from Newmarket, England.
is to the effect that the sensational
price of $4,000 has been paid for the
brood mare Flair, the property of the
late Sir Daniel Cooper The previous
record for brood mares was $4,000,
paid for La Fleche.
The cruisers North Carolina and
Montana are returning to the United
States from a cruise in Turkish waters.
where they were sent under rush or
ders from Guantanamo last April for
the protection of Americans i'm Asia
Minor, following the outbreak OF hos
tilities between the Moslems and the
Armenians.
Senator Perley, a member of the Ca
madam Senate at Ottawa, dropped
dead at noon at his home in WsIseley
Sask.
The Chinese government has arrang-
ed to send 100 students each year to
different American colleges, so per cent
of whom will take technical courses
such as mechanical and mining engi-
neering, agriculture and commerce.
bureau has been established at Pelsin
to conduct a preparatory school for
300 students from the various prov-
inces. Besides this, help is to be ex
tended to those students who are now
in America on their own expense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

The four-story brick building in
Pittsburg occupied by the Kirby Shoe
Company burned. Loss. $4,000.
Fire that swept the business dis
trict of Orange, Va, caused $4,000
damage, only partially covered by in
surance.
While bathing at Medicine Hat Al
berta, two employees o. the Canadian
Pacific Railway. John Richie and VIII
liam Shaw, were drowned.
John ID. Rockefeller has transferred
several million dollars worth of real
estate in New York to his son, John
d. Rockefeller, Jr. The transfers. it
is understood. are a part of plan OF
the oil magnate to lay aside the bur-
dens of active business.
Entering the home of Charles ].
Rooster il Toledo, o., which he had
so often visited as friend. Earl Dun
canson shot and slightly wounded Mrs.
Rooster, IS years old, and shot him
self through the head, dying instantly.
DunCdnSOl - cuppoSSd " AcfC NC
come suddenly insane.
The thirty-foot gasoline launch Fa-
vorite, which carries passengers be-
tween the eastern and western shores
of Creve Coeur Lake, pleasure re-
sort in st. Louis County, exploded,
burning fifteen passengers. John b.
ner, the engineer, was the only ons
dangerously hurt.
C. Will Chappell. about 6S years old.
of Oneida, president of the National
Casket Company, was killed in an
automobile accident about two miles
out of Canastota, \. Y. His wife and
two sisters-in-law, who were in the
party, received serious injuries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

| Kabyle tribesmen in Morocco have
| given rise to grave fears that the en-
tire country is on the brink of a rev.
! olution.
King Alfonso Wednesday declared
all Spain under martial law and an
| nounced a temporary suspension of
constitutional guarantees. He an
nounced that the rioting in Catalonia
would be put down at all costs and
arranged to dispatch to Barcelona at
once two cruisers and the entire Third
and Fourth Army corps. under the
personal command of Prince Charles
or Bourbon. Prince Ferdinand Of Ba-
Varia also will accompany the troops,
with the rank of squadron commander.
King Is Hooted i'm Streets.
King Alfonso was publicly hooted on
the streets as he drove from the rail-
road station to the royal palace on
his return from San Sebastian. Cries
or Down with the king!" were heard
on every hand.
Barcelona is the center of the worst
r1oting, and 1t is there that the upris-
Ing against the war policy of the gov.
eminent seems to center The author.
tiles feel that their first care must be
20 break the spirit of the Barcelona
rebels, after which they can subdue
the malcontents in other places with
greater ease
Wednesday marked black chapter
In SPANS history, for there was trag-
edy both at home and abroad. The
king reached Madrid in time to learn
that part of his army at Melilla had
had bloody battle with the Moors,
which. though the final victory was
won by the Spaniards, cost the lives
OF twenty-one officers and a total OF
200 Spaniards killed or wounded.
The captain-general of Barcelona,
Spain, has telgraphed to the general
staff at Madrid that the revolutionists
have surrendered, and that he is now
the master of the situation. The num-
Der OF victims as a result of the fight
ing in the streets was high. Twenty
three buildings were destroyed by the
artillery. Leaders of the rebels are
being tried by court-martial and sum-
marily executed. There is no train
service between Barcelona and Madrid.
Special dispatches from Melilla said
that the Spanish cruiser Numancia
was Smelling the heights of Mount
Guruga, which was swarming with
Moors. Gen. Marina. commander OF
the Spanish forces In Morocco. reports
that there is monentary quiet outside
Melilla, but no details of the situation
OF the army at Melilla are given out
except that Spanish re-enforcements
with new commanding general have
arrived there.
A Carlist plot to dethrone Alfonso
Is believed to have been foiied by the
police, who raided the Carlist head
quarters in Madrid and seized a large
amount of papers and documents.
Members of the Carlist junta. some
OF them close relatives of Don Jaime
the pretender, fed from Madrid inst
in time to escape capture. Bankers
are rapidly shipping their cash re-
serves into France, under heavy mill
tary guard, owing to a fear that the
army will revolt and a bloody revolu-
ton will follow
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
WOUND MANY IN STRIKE RIOT
Shots Are Exchanged and One
Trooper Is Seriously Injured.

AS a result of rioting at the Nc
KEGS Rocks pressed steel car plant al
McKees Rocks, Pa, Trooper Stanford
Morris of the State constabulary lies
in critical condition in the McKees
Rocks Hospital, while three strikers
were seriously shot and scores of 9th.
ers were wounded.
Trooper Morris, while walking
along Ohio street, was set upon by a
crowd of foreigners, and with a com
panion was compelled to fire a mum
Der of shots, three of which are known
to have taken effect In the melee
Trooper Morris had two fingers on his
right hand broken and sustained in.
ternal injuries. When the crowd OF
rioters was surging closer to the
troopers the latter opened fire, and
this scattered the crowd so that the
two men could make their escape. The
wounding of their comrades seemed
to discourage the rioters. All through
the evening, however, the troopers
were compelled to do patrol duty, and
hundreds of shots were exchanged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
WOMAN GONE; FEAR FOUL PLAY



The finding of woman's cape.
stockings and petticoat on the bank
of Truer's pond near by lends a SIMS
ter aspect to the mystery surrounding
the disappearance of the young woman
from a hotel in Burlington, N j., last
Thursday. The missing woman, to-
gether with man supposed TO be a
New York broker. registered at the
Metropolitan Inn Wednesday evening
as Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins of New York
The man left on the early train for
New York Thursday morning, and the
woman. who seemed to be in trouble,
hired horse and carriage for drive
in the country. Later the team was
found deserted on the bank of Ran
cocas creek. Letters in the woman's
suitcase were addressed to Miss A. NJ.
Wilson, Manhattan Hotel, New York"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
CHECKS DEPoRTING OF ALIENS
Immigrntion bureau Rebuk-, =,

Immigration Bureau Rebukes In
spectors for Hasty Action.
"Of late the arresting and deport-
Ing OF aliens has increased enormously
and tendency is noted in some cases
to sacrifice quality of work to guam
tity. This will not do. There must
be no merely superficial inquiry in
any cases. officers must not submit
recommendation for arrest upon IRE
sponsible. uninvestigated accusations"
This was the sharp rebuke admins
tered in instructions which have Just
been sent out from Washington by
the Bureau of immigration to all COM
missioners of immigration and inspee-
tors In charge, directing attention to
the failure of investigating officers in
making thorough preliminary inquiry,
especially in cases of alleged violation
of the alien contract labor law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
PRETTY GEM THIEF SOUGHT.
Zigmund Klobber BewaiIs Loss of

Zigmund klObber BewaiIs Loss of
Diamond to Fair Highwayman.
The Chicago police are seeking a
pretty, fashionably dressed young
woman who early Tuesday morning
robbed Zigmund Klobber of a dia-
mond stud valued at $50. According
to Klobber's story to the police he
met the young woman in Lincoln
Park. Her bewitching smile induced
him to make overtures of friendship
and he hal no difficulty in engaging
her in con ersation. The girl, who
was not more than nineteen years of
age, says Klobber, suggested a walk,
and the two strolled north in North
Park avenue. At Tell place Klobber's
companion stopped, and, turning
quickly, snatched his diamond stud
from his shirt. She ran north and
disappeared into an alley
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
MORTAR EXPLOSION FATAL

Fireworks Display Is Scene of
Tragic Feature i'm an Ohio Town.
One man was killed and two were
injured when mortar exploded at
fireworks display in connection with
the convention of the National Hay
Dealers Association at Cedar Point,
near Sandusky, Ohio, Tuesday night.
part of the mortar struck Henry
Jordan of Sandusky in the head, kill
ing him instantly. Another piece of
metal struck Thomas Larkin of San
dusky in the mouth, ard flying sand
probably destroyed the eyesight of
Andrew Dietrich, of Reading. Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Meets Death at Throttle

Engineer o. D. McCorry, of Fort
WAYNE, Ind, was killed and three
other trainmen were severely injured
when a special Grand Rapids & Indi-
ana passenger train collided with a
freight train at the First street cross.
ing In Kalamazoo, Mich. Baggageman
Ed. NJ. Hall, Fireman Grouse and Con-
ductor Charles Lonergan were cut and
bruised.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

At Huntington. w. Va. Mrs. Will
burn Wilson was struck by lightning
and partially paralyzed during Sc
we're storm. An infant she was nurs-
ing at the time was hurled from her
arms to the floor, but was unhurt The
lightning struck chimney and ran
down into the room where the victim
was sitting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Lake Shore Train Kills Four.

Four men were killed by a passen-
ger train OF the Lake Shore road at
Bryan, Ohio. The men, all of whom
are Bulgarians, were employed as Sec
ton hands and had stepped from one
track to another to avoid a freight
train and did not see the approaching
passenger train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05

A dynamite bomb thrown into the
midst of a crowd surrounding a street
vender in Woonsocket, r. l., injured
nine persons, one of whom will die.
The bomb thrower was not arrested
and the cause of the throwing of the
missile is a mystery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Progress of Pennant Race I'm Esse
Ball Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGU
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
FORGERIES IN LOOTED BANK
bogus Paper Found After Departure
of Observation-Disclosures Quits Place.

bogus Paper Found After Departure
of Observation-Disclosures Quits Place.
William H. Marker, cashier of the
First National Bank of Upton, Ind,
and brother of Noah r. Marker, miss
ing assistant cashier, who is charged
with defalcations of over 100000, has
resigned. Many bad notes and checks
ale turning up in the examination of
the bank being made by Miller Weir,
national bank examiner, and the d.
rectors. This paper, bearing forged
signature of substantial citizens, rep
resent, it is said, thousands of dollars
distracted from the banks funds. 1t
is expected that the shortage will be
$4,000, and it may be much more.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
MADE IMMUNE FROM TYPHOID
Soldiers Undergo Test and Prove the
Value of New Serum

Value of New serum.
The last of the series of typhoid
tests have been applied to Sergeant
Fuller and Privates Schmidt and
Goodman, Of Fort Omaha, and they
have been pronounced immune. In
June they were vaccinated with ty-
phoid serum and developed the disease
in a mild form. Later they were vac
cinated. but the serum did not take"
Ten days ago they underwent the SUI
preme test. that of drinking freely of
gallon of stagnant water into which
one million fever germs had been
placed. The men were placed in the
hospital and closely watched They
should have developed symptoms with
in five to seven days, but as none has
appeared they are now declared i'm
mune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
A Gasoline Explosion Kills Five.

An explosion from gasoline followed
by a destructive fire in a four-story
building on West Third street, St
Paul, Mimi, is known to have caused
the death of five persons-two chill
dren, woman and two men-and the
injury of four men and three women.
The police think that four more per-
sons are still in the ruins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Terrible confIaoration in lamar

The terrible confiagration which
has reduced to ashes a large portion
of Osaka, Japan, is now under control.
An area four miles square was swept
by the flames, Osaka is one of three
imperial cities" of Japan, and as one
OF the most important manufacturing
and commercial cities of the empire, it
shelters almost three-quarters of a mil
lion people. The Buddhist temples for
which the city is famous among travel
ers cover an enormous area. The
chief public building is the palace.
built of stone in 1888.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Falls Into Thrashino Machine

Thomas Melton, farmer, suffered
serious and possibly fatal injuries by
falling into thrashing machine, which
he was assisting to operate, on the
farm Of Edward Bishop, near Kansas,
Ill. Melton was working on top of the
machine when the accident occurred.
Before the engine could be stopped
his right leg was cut to pieces below
the knee and his left foot mutilated
to an extent which may also make am
putation necessary. Melton is middle
aged man and has large family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
WIFE DYING; MAN TELLS CRIME.

Dependent Fugitive Surrenders to
Police and Reveals Forgery.
His baby dead and his wife dying,
as a result of street car accident in
California, William Nilsson. himself
broken in health and tired of being a
fugitive of justice, walked into police
headquarters in Kansas City and sur
rendered. He told the police that he
had committed forgery at GAINESVILLE,
Wis. two years ago,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
browns In Oil Tank.

The body of Everett Bell, aged IS.
Of Brilliant, Ohio, was found In an oil
tank filled with water on Rush Run.
His clothes were found beside the tank.
Indicating he had gone in the tank to
swim. He had been missing for sew
eral days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
DOG REVEALS woMAN's DEATH.

Whfnes Call Neighbors Widow
Falls Into Trunk; Breaks Neck.
A dogs mournful whines at his
mistress door resulted in the finding
of Mrs. Annie Graham dead in a
trunk in her home in Pittsburg. She
was widow, aged So. and lived alone,
and was last seen Friday. The coro.
ner's deputies reported that she fell
accidentally, her neck being broken
by striking trunk. into which her
body tumbled. She had been dead
several days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Minister, Failure, browns Self

The Rev. Joseph Bennett, a Bap-
fist minister, drowned himself in OF
ter creek, Hardin county, Kentucky
In note found among his effects the
Rev. Mr.. Bennett declared that he
had been unsuccessful in honest bust
ness enterprises and he thought it
best to get out of the way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Can Only Walk Backward.

Frank Pancake, of Columbus, Ind, Is
suffering from an unusual muscular
trouble, which has affected his legs.
He has been i'll only short time, but
during that illness he finds that al
though he can walk backward as well
as ever he is unable to take step for
ward.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
HANG SLAYER OF BENEFAcroR

Negro Who Murdered His Employer,
Cripple, Is Executed.
Claude Brooks, aged 81 years, a
negro. was hanged in Kansas City for
the murder of Sidney Herndon, a
well-to-do real estate owner. formerly
of Tyler. Tex. JAN 10, 1908. Hern.
don, defenseless cripple, was killed
with a hammer in his room in a
downtown apartment and robbed
Brooks had been befriended by Hern-
don and was in his employ as an ele-
vator boy. The negro confessed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
FOIL $4,000 BLACKMAILER.
Threatens to kidnap James A. NJ
CIurg'S Child and Dynamite Home

Ciurgs child and Dynamite Home.
A blackmailer attempted to obtain
$4,000 from James A. McClurg, SON.
in-law of Banker ID. C.. Moffat, of Den
yer, by sending a note demanding the
money under threat of kidnapping
Frances McClurg. his 17-year-old
daughter, and dynamiting the family
home. McClurg was instructed to put
the money in a sealed package, and
give it to messenger boy who would
call for it. McClurg notified the po-
lice, and when the boy called he was
followed by detectives, but the black
mailer must have seen the detectives,
as he never appeared to meet the boy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Banker Killed in Auto smashup.

Cornelius Cuyler, president of the
United States Mortgage & Trust Com
pany Of New York City and prominent
in financial and civic affairs, died in
Biarritz, France, as result of inju.
ries sustained in an automobile acct.
dent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Long Term for Bank Robber

George Allen Beatty, the confessed
bank robber, who looted the First Ma
tional Bank of Monrovia, CAL, of s29..
700 last December and was captured
in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to
serve eight years in Folsom peniten.
tiary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Mayor Markbreft Is Dead.

Col. Leopold Markbreit. mayor of
Cincinnati, and distinguished soldier
and Journalist, died Tuesday night
after an illness extending over the
greater part of the nineteen months
he had served the city as its chief
executive. He will be succeeded in
office by Vice Mayor John Calvin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Trains Crash, Six Arc u,r,

Six passengers on the Chicago &
Northwestern passenger train which
left Des Moines for South Dakota
points at 2:55 the other morning were
injured in a collision between that
train and freight train four miles
south of Ames, Iowa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
COTTON CROP WILL BE POOR.
Ginners Report Conditions as Low
and Rain NEEDED.


and Rain NEEDED.
The report made on the cotton con-
dition up to July % by the National
Ginners' Association gives the general
average as III. The average by
States follows: Alabama, 20; Arkan.
sas. 76; Florida, So; Georgia. "a;
Louisiana, 90; Mississippi, GA; Mis-
souri,, 81; North Carolina, 10; South
Carolina. II; Oklahoma, 70; Tennes-
see, II; Texas. Sc. The report states:
This is the lowest condition ever
known at this season of the year and
indicates crop of around 100000
bales. and unless good rains fall in the
next week throughout almost the en-
tire belt. but more especially in Texas.
southern and western Oklahoma and
Mississippi, the crop will be under
that figure"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Civil War Nurse Dead.

Miss Margaret Stauffer, a nurse in
the federal hospitals in Memphis dur
ing the civil war. who, was associated
with Mother Bickerdykc, is dead at
her home in Merriam. Kans., aged SO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Chicago Lad Kills Himself

Charles Woods. the 13-year-old son
of Guy Woods, Chicago business
man, while playing with rife at
Ashby, Mass, discharged a shell and
was instantly killed Mrs. Woods and
her children were spending the sum-
mer there with Mrs. Woods mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Renort. Rtp Wbeot Yield

The Northwestern Miller estimates
the wheat yield of Minnesota and the
two Dakotas at 235,OO0,OOO blu. 1t will
bring $500. 100000 at present prices, or
$165, 100000 more than last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Lumber Mill Burns.

The lumber mill of the Chaleur Bay
Company at Campbellton, N. b., was
destroyed by fire, causing loss est.
mated at 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Saves WOMAN. but Is Drowned

James Fl. Walker, aged 25, was
drowned in Little Tennessee river in
saving Mrs. F. d. Christian, of Sgd
ney, Ohio. He was overcome and
safety
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
AMERICAN CONSUL ATTACKED.
Colombian and Stranger Wound on
cial-Culprits VIII he Punished.

William B. McMaster, the American
vice consul at Cartagena, was attack
ed and seriously wounded by Colon
bian and stranger, according to dis
patch to the State Department in
Washington from the legation at
Bogota. The attack was without ap-
parent motive. The Colombian gov
eminent has directed prompt punish
ment of the culprits. Mr.. McMaster
was born in Colombia. but was appoint
ed to his position from New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
100000 Blaze I'm Omnba.

In Omaha, Neb., fire damaged the
Omaha Printing Company to the ey.
tent of 100000. The loss is covered
by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
Laid Two Eaqs In One Day.

Mrs. N. F. Wilson, of Portland, Ind.
has a hen that is record breaker It's
daily habit is to lay one egg with a
double yolk. but the other day it laid
two eggs. The shell of one was soft.