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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
NINE BLAST KILLS 100;
TWO WEEKS TOLL 100
Disaster Is. in Same Shaft Where
Fifty Met Death on Decem-
Der zS Last.
CALLED SAFE BY EXPERTS.
Explosion Near Bluefeld, W. Va,
Hurls Cars from Workings
and Traps Victims.

More than 100 men were killed Tues
day in an explosion in the Lick Branch
mine near Bluefeld, W. Va, the scene
Of a disaster only fifteen days ago, in
which fifty lives were lost. How this
accident was caused is not known, as
experts had just finished an inspection
Of the workings and declared them
safe. Nearly all the victims this time
were Americans. The explosion hap
pened at S 80 o'clock in the morning,
while the entire day shift was at work.
The force of the explosion was ter
rife and the shock was felt far from
the scene. Above the tons of earth and
stone between the workings and the
mountains crown great trees shook
from the force of the conclusion. and
from the mine mouth belched forth a
cloud of flame, SCOT, dust and debris,
heavy timbers, broken mine cars and
even massive motor used to haul the
heavy-laden cars.
1t is certain that the number of men
entombed is more than 100. That all
of them are dead there can be 10
doubt The fire in the mine and the
deadly gases, to say nothing of the
awful force of the explosion, precludes
any chance of rescuing any of the men
alive. 1t is reasonably certain that
some of the bodies never will be re-
covered Some of them were blown TO
pieces and others incinerated beyond
doubt The fans which furnish the
fresh air of the workings, as in the
former explosion, were not disabled,
but are forcing fresh air into the
mines.
Mine Foreman Bowers, who was near
the entrance, was blown from his feet,
but managed to crawl out safely, rs
did also Robert Smith, a miner. With
the foreman was miner named Hol-
hday, and he, too, was blown over.
A rescue party, organized on the mo-
ment, rushed into the smoking mine
and tried to rescue him. They were
driven back by the deadly fumes of
the after gases, and were compelled TO
leave him to his fate.
The explosion was one Of the worst
ever known in that region. In 1854.
at the South West Virginia Improve
ment Companys mine, 800 were killed
in an explosion Tuesdays horror is
the most disastrous since. The mine
is owned by the Pocahontas Consoli-
dated Galleries Company.
The explosion was in a different part
of the mine from that of two weeks
before. Since that catastrophe the mine
has been inspected by government Off
Gals and by the most experienced mine
men In the region, and all, ii is said,
expressed the opinion that 1t was safe.
1t was on Dec. % last that the for
mer explosion occurred i'm this mine.
which up to that time had been re-
garded as 4 model mine. On that oc-
casion the cause was not ascertained
and the death list reached fifty. The
last body in connection with that ex-
plosion was brought to the surface only
last Friday, after which the State mine
inspector declared that the mine again
was safe and that work could be re-
sumed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
KING Halls U. S. FLEET.
Victor Emmanuel Receives Rear Ad-
miral Sperry in Private Audience.


King Victor Emmanuel received
Rear Admiral Charles s. Sperry In
private audience at the Quirinal pal
ace in Rome Thursday. His Majesty
conversed in English for more than
half an hour regarding the voyage OF
the feet, which he regarded as most
remarkable achievement. He had fol-
lowed its movements even to details.
The King expressed his deep appre-
citation for what America had done
for Italy in sympathy and relief for
those who had suffered in the earth
quake. The Italian people would new
er forget the unanimous manifestation
of the American government and the
American nation down to the humblest
citizen. His Majesty alluded TO the
energy and ability shown by Mr.. Girls
com, the American ambassador, in
promptly sending succor to the spot
Rear Admiral Sperry. after the pri-
vate audience, presented his staff to
the King. composed of Commodore Al
bert ". Grant, Paymaster Samuel Nc
Gowan. Lieutenant Commander Simon
=. Fullinwider and Lieutenant Daniel
w. Wurtsbaugh. The King talked with
each one and expressed his pleasure at
! being able TO meet them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
IROQU0IS CLAIMS BEING PAID.
Relatives of Dead or Injured in
Theater Fire Receiving Damages.

After five years of litigation i'm diff
ferent courts, the first settlement was
made the other day with the relatives
of many of those who lost their lives
or were injured in the Iroquois theater
fire in Chicago. A settlement was made,
through which approximately $4,000
will be paid by the George A. Fuller
Construction Company to heirs of thir-
ty-five persons killed In the fire. A uni
form settlement of $3.50 a case was
made by the construction company,
which was one of the defendants i'm the
different suits brought. BY the action
of Attorney Charles G. Spencer i'm dis
missing the cases in the Circuit and
Superior Courts the final chapter in the
theater tragedy has been begun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions of Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make il Complete.
Man Killed in Drunken Row.

A disgraceful brawl which took
place in the Scott saloon in Fort
Wayne. Ind, during which beer glasses
and cuspidors were hurled promiscu-
ously through the air, had its climax
when J. B. Scott, the proprietor. shot
and almost instantly killed G. Walter
Thornton The row is said to have
started while Scott, Thornton and an
other man were eating supper with
SCOTS wife and q woman named
Fanny Strauser in the apartments over
the saloon. The men came down the
back stairs talking excitedly and a
few minutes later the row began. All
three engaged in a heated argument
which ended in Scott hitting Thornton
with a beer glass and being struck in
return with an iron cuspidor. when the
proprietor shot twice, inf,icting mortal
wounds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
q DIE, 80 INJURED,
IN COLORADO WRECK
Many Victims of Disaster on Dem
yer and Rio Grande Not
Identified.
DEATH IN CRASH OF TRAINS.
Women and Children in the Majority
of Killed and Hurt When Two
Trains Collide.

Twenty-one persons were killed and
thirty injured, many of them seriously,
in a head-On collision between west
bound passenger train No. > and an
east bound freight train on the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad. between Dot
sero and Spruce Greek, twenty-five
miles from Glenwood Springs, Colo.
While nothing official has been given
out as to the cause of the wreck, it is
said to have been due to a misunder-
standing of orders on the part of En-
gineer Gustaf Olson of the passenger
train. Olson. however, claims he I'M
derstood his instructions perfectly, but
that he misread his watch, thus en-
croaching on the time of the freight
train, which was being drawn by two
engines. the first of (which was in
charge of his brother, Sig Olson. The
two trains met on a steep grade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
CUBANS TO MAKE LAWS.
New Congress Takes First Steps
Toward Restored Independence.

Toward Restored Independence.
Although the reins of self-government
will not be officially turned over to the
Cuban authorities until Jan. %, when
the Inauguration of President Jose
Miguel Gomez and Vice President AL
fredo Zayas will take place, the meet
Ing Wednesday of the new Cuban Con-
gress in initial session marked the be-
ginning of the end of the second period
Of American Intervention in the island,
which began with the breaking out
Of the revolution in August, 1906.
Little or no public interest was man
ifested in the gathering of the legis-
lators, the purpose of the meeting be-
ing merely TO pass upon the credentials
of members. At the Senate building
the twenty-four Senators met shortly
after noon and submitted their creden-
tials. The eighty-two members of the
House gathered in the new House of
Representatives building, formerly the
Admiralty Palace, which has been en-
:irely reconstructed.
For the nrst time in the history of
the republic the House enjoyed the dig
nifty Of occupying its own home, hav-
ing met during the former period of
independence in an old tobacco ware
house.
The decree issued by Provisional Gov
ernor Magoon convoking the Congress
makes a very strict requirement for
the attendance of members. Neither
Senators nor Representatives will re.
ceive pay when absent from roll calls
without leave and neither house will
be permitted to grant leaves of absence
to more than one-sixth of their mem
berships at one time.
Bills establishing cockfighting and n
national lottery will be among the first
TO be introduced.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
HOLDS WINE VICTIM MURDERED.
Prosecutor Says Poisoned stage
Drink Reveals Crime Plot.

Prosecutor Says Poisoned stage
Drink Reveals Crime Plot.
That Charles Lesley Pippin, a young
undertaken. who died after drinking
glass of poisoned wine at a play given
by members of the Methodist church in
Marydel. Md. was murdered; that ii had
been planned TO murder Others and that
there exists in the case one of the strang-
est criminal plots known, is the announce
mens made by States Attorney Elmer
Deem, who had an inquest held unexpect.
eddy. Arsenic found in great quantities
in bottles used at the entertainment caus-
ed the speedy action of the attorney. At
the same time another amazing feature
was injected into the case when, by a
vote of TO ), an open verdict was rem
dered by the jury and the privilege of
holding a post-mortem examination of the
body was arbitrarily refused.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The estate left by Claus Spreckels. the
sugar magnate. who died recently, is val
ued at S30.O0O.O00.
a movement has been launched AZ
Cleveland for an amalgamation of all Ia
Dor unions on the greet lakes.
The estate of the late William II.
Leeds. of tin plate fame. has been ap-
praised at $14.S54.201. against which
there is debt of S5,20l,2J
movement to incorporate what viii
be known as the Employers Association
Of Minnesota was started at the annual
meeting of the Minnesota State Associa-
ton of Builders exchanges held in St
Paul.
Iowa received first in the awards on
State exhibits at the National Horticul
tural Association Second place was Civ
en- to Idaho. third to Washington, fourth
to Utah. and fifth to Maryland. Awards
on county displays were as follows Can
yon county. Idaho. first; Chelan county,
Washington. second; Iowa county, Iowa,
third; Polk county, Iowa, fourth.
Dividends. interest. disbursements on
stock end bonds of the banks. trust com
panies. railroads. industrial and other
corporations of New York City for the
month of January, 1909. will exceed
S2iO.O00OO0. an increase of approximate
ly SI1.0OO.O00 over the disbursements Of
January last year.
The commissioner of immigration is Of
the opinion that the tide of Immigration
to this country has not yet turned in our
favor to Any extent. The total number
of newcomers during 1908 was about
100000, as against 1.170.2S5 in 1907
The commissioner does not look for the
big thrush until next April.
That American flour is welcome in the
Netherlands because of its peculiar value
for bread making in the home-mlled soft
wheat fours. with which il is blended BY
the bakers in the break-making process.
is the report made by NJ. III. Davis. spe-
cial agent of the bureau of manufacture
ers.
One of the most important mining
deals consummated by Lake Superior min
ing men and capitalists recently is the
organization Of the Calumet and Corbin
Mining Company to take over the Min
nesota mine between Butte and Helena,
Mont The mine has produced $780,
600. The new company has already BE-
gun operations
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
CHURCH LOSER IN ROBBERY.


Called To Door of Home and Forced
to Deliver $295.
Called to the door of his home in Be-
rea. Ohio, at an early hour by two masked
thugs, Joseph Washtuck was badly beaten
and robbed of 1915 in money. Later two
men, supposed to be the same. drove up to
the feed store of William Fuchter and
breaking the door, loaded twenty sacks of
flour and a quantity of harness and blan-
kets into wagon and drove away. In
both cases the thieves escaped. Wash
tuck is treasurer of a church society, and
since Sunday had kept $275. which he
had collected from members, at his home
The thieves who called him to his door
asked for this money, evidently being
aware of its presence in the house. When
Washtuck showed fight he was struck re-
peatedly over the head with the butts of
revolvers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
DEATH TAKES RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
Rojestvensky Succumbs to Heart
Trouble in ST. Petersburg.

The death is announced OF Vice Adj
miral Rojestvensky, who was in COM
mand of the Russian 1eet in May,
1905, when it was practically annihi-
lated by the japanese in the battle of
the Sea of Japan. The death of Adj
miral Rojestvensky, which occurred in
ST. Petersburg Thursday, was due to
neuralgia of the heart.
Sinovi Petrovitch Rojestvensky was
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Their Fifteenth Boy.

The fifteenth son in fifteen years
was born a few days ago to Mr.. and
Mrs. Christopher Roller, of Cass Coun-
ty, Ind. Dr.. J. A Downey. of Logans-
port, had tie honor of officiating at
every birth. Roller Is proud of his
fifteen sons, but he is not looking to
President Roosevelt for any medals.
He says that it is the duty of every
American to rear a big family, and the
pride of having the youngsters about
one and the comfort which they give
is reward enough. He does not think
that fifteen is such very large fam
fly. He would like to have a few girls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
KILLS HIS FOUR CHILDREN.
Eldest Daughter Discovers Tragedy
in Home Near Mankato, Mimi.

in Home Near MankatO, MINI.
One by ole, as his four children de-
scended the stairs from their bedrooms
to the kitchen early Tuesday James York,
a quarry worker living near Bradley's
Crossing, near Mankato, Mimi, killed
them with a knife, cutting their threats.
Then he went to a woodshed and hanged
himself An elder daughter, Ida, did not
go with the children. When she went
downstairs a few minutes later her broth
ers and sisters lay dead Cd the floor, their
bodies side by side. She fed in terror
to the woodshed to alarm her father. who.
she thought, had gone there to work. In
the dim light she stumbled over his body.
He had hanged himself with n wire. the
strand had broken and his lifeless body
had fallen to the floor. The children
murdered were Earl. aged IA: Nina. u;
Vera, c. and Zula, baby. Works wife
died last summer and Ida kept house for
him since. The father always acted queer
ly. neighbors declare. keeping by himself
and having little intercourse with others.
He was regarded as insane.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Fifteen Years In Prison.

]. Il. +. Rinehart, former cashier and
president of the Farmers and Drovers'
National Bank at Waynesburg, Pa, which
failed two years ago for $2,OO0,OOO, was
found guilty Of wrecking the bank. He
was Immediately sentenced by United
States Judge James s. Young to serve
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Conductor Robbed and Slain.

William A. Anderson, a conductor on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad branch
line from Catlettsbur6 to Pikeville, KY.
was robbed and murdered. After Ander-
son was dead the murdercrs carried his
his body out on TO a high trestle and
bound ii to the rails. where il was struck
by a freight train shortly afterward and
badly mangled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
BLAST ENToMBS $40 MINERS.
FOrty-fve Bodies Recovered from
Shaft at Veszprem, Hungary.

In an explosion of fire damp in the
Auka coal mine at Veszprem, Hungary,
which was followed later by dust ex-
plosion and fire, 30 men were entombed.
Sixteen living miners and the bodies of
forty-fve dead persons thus far have been
brought out of the pit. The fire has been
held to one locality, and it is hoped that
the remainder of the entombed miners
will be rescued alive. The town of Vesz-
prem lies sixty miles southwest of Buda-
pest and has population of some $1,000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
TURKEY TAKES $4,000, 900.
Austria's Indemnity Offer Reported
Accepted at COnstantinOpIe.

After rejecting the Austrian proposal
of an indemnify of $1O,S00,000 because
of misunderstanding TO the date when
il should become operative. the Turkish
council of ministers reconsidered its ac-
ton, and accepted the offer. The Aus
trian minister explained that the whole
amount would become due the moment
the offer was accepted. The acceptance
will settle the dispute over Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21

Fire broke out in the Globe Casket
Works at London, Ont, and the loss
was estimated at s225,000. Twenty
houses were DESTROYED.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
co,x,ct Dies While wrext,iur

Arthur Strang. a negro awaiting re-
moval to the Kansas penientiary to serve
a term for the murder of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis B. Sternberg, dropped dead from
heart disease while wrestling with an
other prisoner in the county Jail in Kan
sas City, Kan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Sherlock Holmes liI.

A bulletin from London, Eng, says
that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the au-
thor. passed a restless, painful night,
was the first public intimation that he
had undergone an operation on Janu-
airy 10. The operation was for a pain
full though not serious internal affec-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21

First Time in Twenty. hrs Gers.
A. Il. Justice, of Bellefontaine, Chic.
entertained at his home his son Alvin
of Arnols, but p few miles distant. 1t
was the first time father and son had
seen each other for twenty-three years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
severe Punishment for Soldier.

Confinement within the limits of the
army past at Fort du Pont, Delaware,
for six months, the forfeiture of $50 a
month of his pay for the same period and
a reprimand is the sentence on Lieut..
James II. Fulton for neglect of duty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Reed smoot Renominated.

Without a dissenting voice the Re-
publican members of the Legislature
present at the senatorial caucus at
Salt Lake City, Utah, nominated Reed
Smoot for reelection as United States
Senator from Utah.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Kills Wife. EIces. Dead.

After killing his wife with a revolver
Frank Donnelly. 90 years old. Oxford.
Ohio, shot himself five times. slashed his
throat and wrists with a razor and walked
from Oxford to Hamilton, sixteen miles.
He died in Mercy hospital in Hamilton
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
co .ooo. 900 Furnace, Planned.

The River Furnace and Dock Company
of Cleveland, new corporation organized
by Corrgan, Mckinney 4 Co., will begin
the erection of two big furnaces, to cost
S2.OOOOOO. as soon as the weather will
hermit. The plant will be located in the
upper river section.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
r;- croiu Firm Coes Under

The grain firm of Spencer. Moore &
Co. the largest shipper of grain on the
Duluth Board of Trade, was unable to
protect its contracts in outside markets
and was therefore compelled to make an
assignment for the benefit of all creditors.
z. A. Forsyth was made assignee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Find. $1,000 I'm Bills Burned.

When Captain c. A. Carpenter of
FindIay, Ohio, went to get $1,000 which
he had secreted in some boxes containing
old papers he found the papers had been
burned and with them the greenbacks.
Nothing remained to identify the money.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Insane Fathers Horrible Deed.

James York, a quarry worker OF
Mankato, Mimi, cut the threats OF four
of his children and then committed SUI
icide by hanging himself by small
wire. The dead children range in age
from 6 to Ia years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Three Men Die I'm Blizzard.

Three men persisted during the blizzard
at Rockport. Tex. C. A. Bell.63 years old,
went fishing and was carried out to sea.
He was found in his skiff, frozen to death.
Oscar Heidelberg and William r. Weaver.
who also were out in a skiff. were caught
in the heavy wind and carried into the
0tilf
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
9eatification of loan of Arc.

A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says:
One of the last proceedings in the
Qualification of Joan of Arc, the cere-
mony called in Latin ~tuto,' just oc-
cured in the presence of the Pope
and the congress of rights of the Vati-
ran
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Minnesota student. on strike

Directing to the method of teaching
employed by the instructor, thirty-two stu
dents of the University of Minnesota.
members of the juniar class i'm the col
Iege of engineering, walked from the class
room in n body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Ohio solonS Name IT. r.. Burton.

The Ohio House and Senate held sep
arate sessions Tuesday and voted their
choice for United States Senator. Con-
gresham Theodore L. Burton OF Cleye-
land was named by each house and was
elected at the joint session held Wednes-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Dead After Fasting Forty.Nine DAYS

0Sdu V1t~f dstIH9 TOTtJ-NIHe OdyS.
After a fast of forty-nine days Will
liam Duncan aged 36 years. died at the
home of his parents near Somerville,
Ind Duncan had been an epileptic. Al
though perfectly rational almost at all
times he would periodically have sleep
ing spells during which time life could
scarcely be distinguished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
wr,te. tn Wife. Seek. Death.

A man believed to be G. ID. Swick of
Marshalltown, Iowa, shot and probably
fatally wounded himself in a restaurant
in Louisville. He wrote a letter to his
wife. who is in Iowa. and a note to the
chief of police of Louisville, giving his
name as Swick.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Jesuit COLLEGE, DESTROYED bv Fire

The famous Spring Hill College, one
CT the Oldest Jesuit colleges In the
Southern States, and which was well
known in the United States and Eu-
rope, was destroyed by fire. There was
no loss Of life. The college, standing
on high plateau about seven miles
from Mobile, Ala. could not be
reached by the city firemen in time to
master the flames.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21

Elihu Root, Secretary of State in
President Roosevelt's cabinet, was the
unanimous choice of the Republican
legislative caucus which met in Al
bany, N. Y, to name a candidate to
succeed United States Senator Thomas
C. Platt, whose term of Office will ex-
pire on March 4. The Democratic eau
Gus nominated former Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Stuyvesant Chanler, of Duchess,
who was the Democratic candidate for
governor at the November election.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Seven Foreigners Burned to Death

Seven foreigners, stupefied from the
liquor served at a wedding celebration,
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed three double houses at Good
town, near Johnstown, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Minors, strike Due to Powder

All of the coal miners at Coalgate,
Okla. went on strike following dispute
with the mine operators regarding the OBJ
servance of a State law providing that
only sufficient blasting powder for one
davis use be carried into a mine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21
Two Jail Breaker. Die I'm Fire

In an attempt to escape from Jail pris-
orers at Tilar, Ark, set FIRE to the struc-
ture. George Lacey ana Lassie Collins
were incinerated