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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
DOCTOR COOK GREETED
BY CHEERING CROWDS
Explorers Arrival at New York Is
Signal for Enthusiastic
Demonstration.
ALMOST RIOT TO SEE HIM
Declares Himself Ready to Place
Records and Data in Hands
of Scientists.

Cheered by tens of thousands of
men, women and children, afioat and
ashore, DR.. Frederick A. Cook came
home Tuesday from the white north.
The clamor of acclaim to the hero of
the frozen seas began shortly after
his ship, the Oscar H., on which he
sailed from Denmark, reached quaran-
tine at New York early Tuesday morn
ing. And the shouting only died away
after day of tumult when the IA
tigued explorer withdrew from public
view at the Waldorf-Astoria to get his
first nights sleep on American soil in
two and one-half years.
DR.. Cooks triumph began with
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
M'CLUNG u. S. TREASURER.
Former Yale Athlete Named by
Taft to Succeed Treat.

1t was announced the other day al
the White House in Washington that
Lee McClung of Knoxville, Tenn, foot.
ball star at Yale in his day and now
treasurer of Yale University, has been
selected as treasurer of the United
States to succeed Charles H. Treat. Mr..
Treat, whose resignation takes effect
Oct. 10, has consented to remain as
treasurer until Nov. q. Although Mr.
McClung has been living at New Ha-
ven, where he has been doing import
ant work in connection with the
finances of Yale, his home is in Knox
vile, where his family resides. Mr.
.McClung was for four years connected
with the Southern Railway and also
engaged in important business enter
prises in Tennessee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
aaoUNDHoGs ARE GHoULs.
Bones of Dead Found Scattered I'm
Indiana Cemeteries.

The people whose dead are buried in
many country graveyards south OF
Terre Haute, in Vigo and Sullivan
Counties, Indiana, are Mortified by the
discovery that ground hogs have been
ghouls. The animals have burrowed
into many graves and bones OF the
dead were found strewn on the sur
face. These bones have been reburied
and the people are trying to stop the
molestation. In some cases water has
been poured into the holes. In others
wood fires were started at the mouth
of the openings with sulphur thrown
in and a lid securely placed to coiiiine
the fumes to the interior as much as
naccihlo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

brink of a steep embankment. and
losing his foothold, plunged head firsl
down the incline Neff, wlA was re
turning home from work, saw the fall
and sprinted under the tumbling Lao
in time to catch him in his arms, saw
ing the child from being dashed tc
death on the jagged rocks below.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
U. S. CREW SLAIN BY PIRATESp
Rumor I'm Manila That MOros Have
Captured Revenue Cutter. :.


Captured Revenue Cutter. :.
Official dispatches from southern
Philippine ports say it is rumored
that the revenue cutter Sora has been
captured by Moro pirates and the
crew murdered. The authorities have
been unable to secure confirmation of
the rumor, although dispatches have
been sent to all adjacent points. The
Sora was used as a patrol boat against
the Moro pirates of the southern ar
chipelago in the general campaign
against smuggling inaugurated by the
insular government a short time ago.
1t was commanded by Captain E. A.
McGorty and carried crew of four
teen, all Filipinos. The cutter left
Balabao, twenty miles south of Pala-
man, carrying j. l.. Perrine, collector
of the port, who was bound to Sanda-
kan, in British North Borneo, to pur-
chase supplies. Nothing has been
heard of the vessel since.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
U. s. REVENUES GROW FAST.

Internal Taxes show Increase of 3d.
III, 524 I'm Months of New Year.
The revenues of the government
from internal commerce are gaining
steadily. Reports to treasury depart
ment show that since the close of the
fiscal year June 80 the total of re-
ceipts from internal revenue is $685.
992.619, an increase of s2.171,524 over
the corresponding period in 1908. The
receipts during September up to and
including Monday aggregated $14,S97,-
534. an increase of s59S.4S7 over last
wear
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Mystery surrounds the finding of the
dead body of Kate Patten, 22-year-old
shoe factory employee in the Ohio river
at Portsmouth, o. Authorities are in.
vestigating The body was afloat in al
eddy near the shore, and in plain view
of the girls home. She was last seen
in company with her fiance Wednesday
night, but he can throw no light on
her death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
village Almost Wiped Out.

The business section of the village
of Wexford, Mich, is completely ruined
by fire. There are standing but two
saloons and a Methodist church. Three
large general stores we're DESTROYED.
The loss will exceed 100000. A heavy
wind was blowing and efforts to check
the fire were unavailing. Sheets of
flame jumped the street
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
100000 for Reforming to Wife,

Unless Charles l. Zabriske returns
to his family in Boonton, N. j., within
four years he will lose legacy of
$4,000, according to the will of his
father, which has been filed for pro-
bate. Zabriskie disappeared two years
ago and subsequently was mentioned
In a divorce action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
confesses to FriqhtfuI Crimes.

The mystery which for many days
surrounded the kidnapping of three lit
tie Italian children and the murder of
two of them in the Eagle street cul-
vert at Utica, y. Y, two weeks ago
was solved beyond doubt, the police
say, when they secured a full confes-
sion from Theodore Rizzo, who has
been held as a suspect for more than
week. For thirty-six hours. accord
ing to the police, they had been en-
deavoring to secure an admission from
Rizzo. and finally he told the story in
all its narrowing details. Rizzo, it is
claimed, assaulted the two little girls,
but when they threatened to tell their
fathers he shot them and the little
boy as well, leaving all three for dead.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
n L. O. AN. NJ. u F. Q.~NF NJ
9Th. T-1I4th. q 22nd : 18th
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions OF Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make 1t Com plete.
Panic in School Building.

A panic among the 1000 pupils of
st. Anthony's Polish parochial school
at Monmouth ard Sixth streets, Jersey
City, y. j., caused by the explosion of
fireworks in the street near by, result
ed in the injury CT fifteen children.
Only one was believed to be fatally
hurt. Many others with. minor bruises
were taken home, but fifteen were sent
to the hospitals. Reports that some
of the Jersey City schools will be dyna-
mited had been circulated for several
days, and when Italians began to ex-
plode fireworks in the street in front
of the school, in celebration of festi-
val. the children thought their school
building was being blown up. They
made a rush for the doors but found
them closed. In the scramble to es-
cape, many of the children were
knocked down and trampled upon The
frightened children ran among the ex-
ploding fireworks when they reached
the outside, and some of them were
burned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Ten Killed In Wreck.

Ten men were killed and six prob
ably fatally injured when a train
south-bound for Cincinnati on the
Pennsylvania railroad crashed into the
caboose of a Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul cattle train bound for the stock
yards in Chicago, III.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

The production of mica in this coun-
try Tor the past year was valued at
a little more than quarter of a mil
lion dollars. Nearly all of this is used
in the electrical industry, as mica is
one of the best insulating materials
known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
ASSAILs CoUNTRY's BAD ROADS
Expert DcplOres Lack of Develop
ment I'm Last Thirty Years.

meht In Last thirty Years.
That the roads of the United States
are no better developed than they were
thirty years ago, considering the ad-
vance by the country in population
and wealth, was declared by Logan
Waller Page, Director of the United
States Office of Public Roads, at the
national good roads convention in
Cleveland. About half the States are
operating under practically the same
road laws as prevailed in England
when America was colony" said Mr..
Page. st. Louis was selected as the
next convention city. The convention
will be held in October. 1910. the date
to be selected by the ST. Louis Auto
mobile Club, which will have charge of
the gathering.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
DYNAMITE STARTS PLOT TALK.
Explosive Found Near Place Where
Taft VIII Meet Dfaz.

Explosive fOunQ Near race Wnere
Taft Will Meet Dfax.
A stick of dynamite was found in
Ciudad Juarez Mexico, opposite FL
Paso, in a residence which is being
constructed for State Tax Collector
Camille Arguelles, two blocks from the
Mexican custom house, where Presi.
dents Taft and Diaz will dine when
they meet in Ell Paso, Oct. 16. Wheth'
er there is a plot among Mexican rev
olutionists or not is not known. Amer.
lean officials are inclined to discredit
such a theory, especially any belief
that it is plot to kill either or both
of the Presidents. The police in E.
Paso believe some sensationalist is dis
tributing the dynamite merely to wor
ry them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Virtually all Odd Fellows within $50
miles of Seattle participated in the
great parade. tempted by the prizes
and honors offered to lodges sending
the most men, coming the longest dis
lance or making the best display. Ia
coma sent more than 1900 men, with
three bands. More than 10000 men
were in the column. Atlanta was
chosen for the next convention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Struck BY Car; Two Hurt.

While Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beall, of
Newcastle, Ind, were driving in a bug
~, three miles south of Paramount,
they were struck by an interurban car
on the Anderson-Marion line. Both
were injured The buggy was demol-
fshed and the horse killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Ends Life I'm Safe Deposft,

Going TO the safe deposit vaults of
the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. in Philadelphia, Edgar E. Petit
shot himself through the head. He
died instantly. Petit was an employe
of the company and was % years old.
His suicide Is attributed to despond.
ency on account of i'll health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Director of Census Durand estimates
that 1900 more enumerators will be
required to count the population next
year than were employed in the census
of 1900 This increase is due in part
to the fact that under the present law
the enumerators are to work only eight
hours a day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

All of the buildings of st. Mary's
Mission, Roman Catholic School for
Indians, situated at Ardmore, Okla, to-
gether with Father Isadore's resi-
denoe. were destroyed by fire. st.
Mary's was the Oldest mission among
the Kiowa and Comanche Indians. 1t
was established in 1888.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Several Missing and Many Injured.

At least seventy-five persons were
more or less seriously injured, VIII, n
an explosion occurred in the Office o.
the Columbian Film Exchange in Pitts
burg. Pa 1t was feared that several
had been killed, but the searchers
failed to find any bodies in the ruins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Minnesota the fruit orchards of California, Washing
ton and Oregon the cotton fields of Texas and the rice
plantations of Southern Louisiana guided
down the broad reaches of the Mississippi by Mark
Twain, aboard paatial specially equipped steamboat
and whsked through tunnels and mountain
whilst the peerless grandeur of the Rocky Noun
tans unfold themselves before his vision. And when
Nov 10 he steps off his train Washington d. c.,
to guide congress through regular session he will
have had opportunity such is afforded
to know from personal observation Just what the
nation needs in the way of sectional legislation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Cleveland Crack shot Dead.

Charles w. Hart, "a years old. a
noted trap-shooter, died at his home
in Cleveland. Hart was known in
trap-shooting circles throughout the
country and four years ago held the
amateur championship of the United
States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Wannan Fatally Burned.

Mrs. VIM. Taylor, aged AZ years, of
Rayland, Ohio, was burned to death.
Her apron caught fire while she was
putting coal on the stove, and she
rushed out in the yard. She was IA
tally burned before neighbors could
rescue her.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
BLACKMAILER FOUND GUILTY.

Mayor of Burkeville, w., Is Con-
vfcted by Jury.
Abram c. Eby, Mayor Of Burkeville,
Va, wrote to President McCrea, of the
Pennsylvania railroad, that unless he
was paid $4,000 he would blow up
property of the Norfolk & Western
railroad, was convicted by a jury in
the United States Court in Philadel-
phia, of using the mails to attempt
blackmail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Famou. Barnum Midget D,s.

Rodnia Mutt, last male survivor of
the late p T. Barnum's famouc midget
troupe, and who, as 4 member of that
dwarf combination, became known all
over this country and in England, died
at his home in Dorchester. Mass, We'd
nesday. at the age of SO years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Governor Johnson's Will Is Found.

1t has been learned that Governor
Johnson had left a will and that the
estate will probably aggregate $4,000
The will was executed in May, 1897.
and to his widow, Gilmore Johnson, Is
bequeathed all his property.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
A Roundabout Acciden Mt.

James Collins, employed at the At
kins Saw Company's plant in Indiana
polls, Ind, was injured in a peculiar
manner He was working at polish
ing wheel when it broke and part Of
the wheel struck Collins on the head.
The blow knocked him down and in
filling Collins broke a leg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

In the Inferior Criminal Court in
Mobile; Ala, Judge Afford declared
Section IL of the Fuller prohibition
law, which prevents transportation of
liquors for delivery, imperative, and
discharged Louis Early and Matthew
Cody, who were arrested with wagons
on which were barrels of whisky and
laor
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Woman XIII. Self and Rabx

The bodies of Mrs. Mary Granville
and her infant son were found in a
pond at Fort Salonga,, l.. l., where
Mrs. Granville had drowned herself
and her son. She fled from her home
Sunday morning. leaving her husband
and three daughters asleep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Looping across map of the United States resem-
bling more than anything else the trail of a huge
pent, it winds and zigzags from State State the
route of President Taft's Observation-Disclosures
touches thirty-two States and two territories When
the chief executive of the nation climbed aboard his
special car at Beverly, Mass. the morning of Sept
10, he started on $4,000 mile jaunt, partly by rail
partly by steamboat such has before been at
tempted by President of the United States.
On this journey President Taft will make forty
speeches. he will view the waving wheat fields of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
BAD Blaze at Peru.

The Parkhurst elevator works,
which moved from Indianapolis to
Peru, Ind, three years ago. was bad
ly damaged by fire few days ago,
the loss being close to $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Trainmen Hurt.

Engineer Wickliffe DeHaven, Of
Cloverport, KY, and Fireman James
Cain, of Louisville, KY, were badly in
Jured when ten freight cars attached
to the engine in which they were rid
ing were derailed one mile west of
Reed, KY.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Three Drown in Lake Erie.

IN Lake Erie, on DunklrK, n. T., the
schooner Vance Straubenstein ran
straight into the course of the steamer
Erie and was sunk with Captain Cor
son. of hamilton, Ont; Mate James
HcCullum, of Toronto, and an uniden-
titled woman cook. The two seamen
rescued were Thomas Hollis and Thos.
Garner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
PLAYER CATCHES A HUMAN FLY

Baseball Team Member Prevents
Child from Falling Onto Rocks.
Through his ability as an athlete
William Neff. member of the Stat
ington (Pa.) baseball team, saved the
life of little James Marshall of thai
town The child was playing on the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
c-,. ., ooo 600, Nome D..a

A statement has been issued by the
Chicago G. Northwestern railway which
shows that during the fiscal year end
ing June 80 last 100000 passengers
were carried over this system without
a fatality.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Death of Sacred Soma Writer.

w. L. Thompson, 62 years old, we'll
known sacred song writer, died in thu
Presbyterian Hospital at New York
City. He became famous as a music
COMPOSER
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Auto Jumps Trestle, Three Killed.
Three women were killed and three
men and a woman were seriously in
jured when an automobile containing
eight persons jumped off trestle at
4th and Weller streets. near the Union
station, in Seattle, Wash.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Barnum Freak Dies I'm West.

Joseph Lucasa. the last member of
the first family of albinos to be ex-
hibited in America, died at the Gen.
eral Hospital in Kansas City. Lucasa,
his sister and parents were brought
to this country from Holland by p. T.
Barnum
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
M'CANN FOUND GUILTY.
Chicago Police Inspector Convicted
of Grafting-New Trial Asked.

Police Inspector Edward Mccain,
charged with grating" was found
guilty by jury in Judge Barnes
court in Chicago. Sentence was not
pronounced, and will not be until
after the hearing of arguments for a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
RIood of Jews shed I'm Russio

A special dispatch from Kiev, Rus
STA, says that anti-Jewish rioting
broke out in that city Tuesday and
that as a result twenty persons have
been killed and several hundred in
jured, many of the latter fatally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Robert Hoe. aged 20 years. head of
R. Hoe & Co., printing press manufac-
turers. of New York and London, died
in London Wednesday after a short
illness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Fireman ScaIded to Death.

William Hooveral, a fireman at the
Smith ice plant in Tiffin. O., was scaId
ed to death when a steam pipe burs;
while he was in the boiler pit cleaning
the fiues.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Mirror Aid. Woman I'm Suicide

Mrs. Robert Mooney, wife of a prom
inent citizen of Wellington. Ohio,
killed herself by shooting as she stood
before a large mirror in the Park
Hotel in Oberlin. Ill health was the
cause.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Howard H. Bragg was electrocuted
in the penitentiary in Richmond, Va,
for the murder of his b-other-in
Thomas Drawboro. Bragg was the
second victim of the electric chair in
Virginia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Brothers Shot by Negroes.

John and Henry Queen, brothers, of
Fleming County, Kentucky, in a fight
with negroes, were both MORALLY shot.
Three negroes placed in Jail at Mays
vile have confessed the shooting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Rob Rank safe md E.cane.

Robbers blew open the safe of the
Bunk of Ames, Okla, rifled it of its
contents and escaped. The amount
obtained has not been reported.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

DR.. Minot Judson Savage, one of the
most noted preachers in America. has
retired from his pastorate of the Uni
tartan Church of the Messiah in New
York City. and will take up his resi-
dence in Cleveland, where he will oc
cupy his time as a writer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

Lieutenant Frank p Lahm made an
ascent at Washington in the United
States army balloon No. II, descending
four hours later, after reaching a high
altitude, on a farm two miles south of
Brooklyn, Md.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
A New Hearst In the World,

\ A son has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, al
their home on Riverside Drive. in
New York City.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

More than 400 miners narrowly es-
capped when fire destroyed the tipple
OF the Ellsworth No. coal mine of
the Lackawanna Steel Company at
Ellsworth, near Pittsburg,. The loss
will be $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
TANANA GOLD YIELD $4,000, 600

Output in Alaska District This Year
Curtailed by Bad Weather.
James Hamill, a wealthy miner who
has just returned from Fairbanks,
Alaska. says the gold output of the
Tanana valley this year will be more
than s12.OO0,O00 and would have
reached $4,000, 900 had weather condi-
tions been favorable. Owing to a
scarcity of water in the early part of
the year the output was curtailed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Governor johnson Leaves SIS, 600.

Governor John A. Johnson of Mime
sofa left no will. but it is understood
that it was his wish. expressed before
he died, that his entire estate be turn
ed over to Mrs. Johnson. 1t Is esti-
mated that the value of the estate
will not exceed $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
Send 1000, 900 cigar. to U. 8.

The Pacific Mail liner Siberia left
Manila for San Francisco with more
than 100000 cigars as the chief item
of it's cargo. The shipment has de-
pleted the Manila market and the fac
tories are advancing prices.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30
To EIY in INDIANAPOLIS,

Glenn III. Curtis. the American avi-
ator, has agreed to make aeroplane
flights in the course of the aeronautic
carnival at the Indianapolis speedway.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-30

virginia's contributions to the ma
tons Hall of Fame have been placed
In the statuary hall at the United
States capitol building. The donation
consist sof statues of George Washing
ton and of Robt z. Lee. Lee Is pic
tured in the uniform of the South