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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides aud Conditions of Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Awful Disaster in Switzerland

A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland,
says: During divine service an ancient
church near Sion suddenly collapsed.
burying the worshipers in the ruins.
Practically all the members of the con-
gregation were killed or injured A
wild panic followed, those who escaped
rushing into the fields shouting an
earthquake had overtaken the village.
Other villagers Joined in the cutlery.
and were with difficulty Gained. After
an hours exertion the fire company of
the place extricated forty corpses but
It is believed that there are still a
number under the ruins Sixty persons
were badly injured. The collapse of the
church was caused by the time-worn
pillars in the underground crypt giving
wav
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
DFATH OF FLY SAVES MANY.
sudden Fate of Insect I'm MIX Leads
In discovery of Poison.

to Discovery of Poison.
A wholesale attempt 10 exterminate
the roomers in a boarding house at 620
East First street. Los Angeles, failed be-
cause fly was instantly killed when 1T
fell into a ive-gallon can of poisoned
milk. Two men are held in the city Jail
on suspicion of having carefully arranged
to poison the twenty persons. The pris-
oners who gave their names as w. III.
Morris and Charles johnson, are both
negroes. Johnson, the police say, lived
at 125 Rose street. and it was there that
a quantity OF poison, salts of vitriol,
similar to that found in the milk, was
discovered Mrs. Fannie Martin, the
landlady, said the two prisoners had Wis
tied her place. had been ordered away,
and that they declared they would have
revenge. The milk was left on the back
porch in an open fve-gallon can. As
Mrs. Martin started to carry the milk
into the house a fly flew into the milk
and almost instantly died. She notified
the police and a chemical analysis was
made of the milk, the poison being dis
covered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
PANAMA TO PAY FOR FREEDOM
United States VIII Furnish Money
Promised to Colombia.

1t was learned in Washington the other
night that negotiations have just been
concluded between the governments Of
the United States, Colombia and Panama
whereby all matters in controversy be-
tween them are settled. Colombia recog-
nizes the independence of Panama. which
agrees to pay TO Colombia $2,500O00 in
annual installments of $4,000 for ten
years as her share of the Colombian ma
tional debt. The United States agrees to
furnish this money TO Panama in accord
ance with terms of the existing treaty
between the United States and Panama,
the first payment to be made nine years
after date of the treaty. The treaty also
permanently fixes the boundary line be
tween Colombia and Panama.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
WOMEN ACQUITTED OF MURDER

Mrs. Erb and Mrs. BeiseI, Sisters,
Are Set Free at Media, Pa.
Mrs. NJ. Florence Erb and Mrs. Cath
arine Beise. charged with the murder of
Capt. ]. Clayton Erb, husband of the for
mer, were acquitted in Media. Pa, after
the jury ha1 been out nearly eighteen
hours. At o As O'clock the jury came in
and asked for further instructions on
the question of self-defense. One of the
jurors asked what Mrs. Beisel was JUS
titled in doing when Capt. Erb threatened
her. Judge Johnson said: 1T is for the
jury to say what was the condition of her
mind If it was necessary for her TO
shoot TO save her life or herself from
great bodily harm, or if she thought so.
she had a right TO shoot The law is
that a person must escape if he can be-
fore shooting. 1t is for you to decide
whether Mrs. Beisel had that opportu-
nity."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
SPRINGFIELD, MO-, HAS BIG FIRE
baldwin Thenter Burned Down and
Hotel Observation-Disclosures Routed

Fire broke out at II 10 O'Clock We'd
nesday morning in the Baldwin theater
and Office building and destroyed that
structure and number of other buildings
in the business district of Springfield. Mo-.
aid badly damaged the 100000 Colonial
hotel. The total loss is estimated at
S2J0,0O0. Fire Chief Kanada was the
only person hurt. His injuries were not
serious. The fire was caused by an ex-
p.osion of gas in the basement of the
theater. which was a ive-story structure.
From the Colonial hotel over 200 guests
fed to the street. All escaped in safety.
Among those stopping at the hotel was
Opie Read. the novelist of Chicago. who
had delivered lecture there the previous
night Mr.. Read was uninjured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
MODEL HOME FOR U. S. MONEY.

Bills VIII Soon he Turned Out OF
New Building tn Cost S2,OOO,OOO.
Uncle Sans money will be made soon
in the finest and largest engraving plant
in the world. Plans for the new home of
the bureau of engraving and printing have
been approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury Probably in April ground will
b. broken for the new structure, which
will cost 100000 and be a model. The
new home will be conducted on more ex-
acting lines than bank. 1t will have
but one entrance and one exit, an en-
ploye not being permitted to enter and
leave again without a pass.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
SAVES FACTORY FROM FIREBUG.

Janftor Finds Lighted Candle md
OIL Fixed for Explosion.
David Barry, janitor of a six-story
brick building at 335-337 broadway, New
York. discovered in the night on the
fourth floor landing a lighted candle in
81 rted in a demijohn surrounded by rags
and paper. In the jug was a mixture of
kerosene, alcohol and gasoline. He put
out the candle and notified the police,
who declared the arrangement was the
work Of frebug
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
shoot. Wife ana Himrelf.

Carrying out a threat made before New
Years day that the old year would not be
dead week before both ne and his wife
would die, Clarence Oldham fired two
bullets into the breast of his young wife,
Dulcie, in Cincinnati, and then shot him.
self above the heart. Both Oldham and
his wife are in dangerous condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
An Orange Cucumber Next

Howard S. Hin, a cucumber grower OF
Gardner. Mass, finding an orange tree in
blossom in his cucumber dollhouse several
weeks ago, transferred the pollen from
the orange blossoms TO those Of the Gu.
cumber. As the cucumber grew. it re.
NAMED round like an orange. but with
the skin of a cucumber. When ripe it as
sumed a bright orange color, while the
taste of the blend is said 10 be very
pleasing. He is now experimenting with
the seeds from the best specimens and
thinks the new variety will become popu-
lar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Four Cattle Thieve. Slain

Advices received from Mesa Grande,
Cal. tell of pitched battle between a
gang of cattle rustlers and members Of
vigilance committee. Two Mexicans,
an Indian and white man, all members
of the gang, were killed and one vigilsnte
was wounded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Earthquake in United States.

Bellingham, Wash, was shaken by
an earthquake few days ago. Build
ings in all parts of town were Jared,
but no damage was done. Hundreds
of people rushed into the streets. The
duration of the shock was about ten
seconds. Brick buildings were so bad
ly shaken that the plaster fell to the
floor and tn e was a panic. Only one
shock was felt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
End. Life rs officer wai,s

Harry c. Durham. a prominent real
estate agent of Minneapolis, committed
suicide by shooting himself at his home.
The mans deed was prompted by the
fact that he was about to be arrested on
charge of embezzlement, as result OF
an investigation which has been carried
ON by Chicago parties
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Iarue Meteor Found.

A meteor as large as mans head.
was found a few days ago in an old
pasture west of Carmi, ILL.,, across the
Jefferson County boundary. 1t resem-
bled a piece of dark marble and was
very heavy. 1t had made deep linden
tation. in the ground and had to be
pried out.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

What is known in Minnesota as the
"wide-open tax amendment to the State
legislation is upheld by the State Su-
preme Court. This makes possible
tonnage tax on iron ore AMI confirms the
legality of the State tax commission and
a mortgage registry tax.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Mrs. Harriet Estes, real daughter
of the revolution, died recently at
ithaca, NJ Y, aged 81. Mrs. Estes was
born in Elbridge, n. Y, the daughter
of James Durham, of the Fifth Con-
necticut Regiment in the Revolution
airy War.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Trocadero Theater Damaged by Fire.
Fire at the Trocadero theater IN
Chicago, just after the audience filed
out caused a loss of $4,000. Only
few chorus girls were In the building
81 the time and they escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Field Estate saa. 600. 900.

The exact value of the estate of the
late Marshall Field was placed at $685.
459,032 when the appraisers report
was filed in the Cook County court at
Chicago, Ill. A score of appraisers
have been working on the report since
Mr.. Fields death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Negro Lynched and Shot.

A mob stromed the Jail at Popular
vile, Miss, and lynched Pink Willis, a
negro. who attempted an assault on
the 14-year-old daughter of former
Sheriff ]. A. Moody. The body was
afterward shot full of holes by the in
furiated mob of one hundred men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
THIS MAY BE A DOUBLE MURDER
Mystery I'm Case of Man and Wife
Found Dead at Kansas City.

Found Dead at Kansas City.
Mystery surrounds the deaths of w. G.
Brault, a salesman of 1903 Tower Grove
avenue, ST. Louis. and his wife, who were
found dead in bed in their room in Kan
sas City. There was a distinct odor OF
ohloroform in the room when the police
entered to investigate the deaths, but nc
other evidence that the drug had been
used was found. The coroner asserts that
Mrs. Brault killed her husband and then
committed suicide Friends of the couple
OH the other hand, believe that the pair
were murdered Brault was 10 years OF
age. He came several weeks ago from
St. Louis and engaged in the baking
powder business.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Three Persons Die in New York Fire.
Three persons are dead. another was
probably fatally injured and half a
hundred others had narrow escapes
when fire swept through a five-story
tenement house at see Ninth avenue,
New York City.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Held Up While mt Dinner

Two masked men entered the Railway
Y. nj. G. A. on st. Clair street, Cleve-
land, at noon and at the point of revolv-
ers commanded the diners TO hold up their
hands There were several railway men
in the dining room. All were forcea to
give up their money and jewelry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Kills Herself to Give Sister $500.
Miss Jennie Joyce, aged II, committed
suicide at the home of her sister, Mrs
Williah Salt, in Trenton, n. J., by TAX
ing carbolic acid The only reason as
signed was a desire to enable her sister
to collect $500 insurance policy on the
girls life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Last Daughter of Revolution Dfess
Mrs. Harriet Estes, who is said to have
been the only surviving daughter of the
revolution, died in Ithaca, n. Y, aged 81
years. Mrs. Estes was born in Elbridge.
n. Y, the daughter of James Durham
of the Fifth Connecticut regiment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Leprosy Due to Diet.

DIR. John Acherly of London. who has
practiced fifteen years in the Hawaiian
Islands. has just made public a new the
ory as to the cause of leprosy. He says
that the disease is analogous TO scurvy
and is caused by a restricted diet, in
which some necessary element has been
lacking.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
North Dakota Bank Closes,

The First National Bank of RuglEg, N.
d.. closed by order of its own dirsctors
and the comptroller of the curreno5, has
appointed George w. Swords as :sceiyer.
The bank has a capital of $4,000 and
deposits of $249,458.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Carmichael confesses and Kills Self

Rev. John II. Carmichael, who last
week in the little Methodist church at
Rattle Run, Mich, killed Gideon
Browning. the village carpenter, and
then burned the body in the stove,
committed suicide at Carthage, H., by
cutting his throat with a pocket knife
He died at the county hospital after
he had been taken from the boarding
house of Miss Miranda Hughes, where
as a stranger he had been living for
eeveral DAYS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
"CHEIRov Is ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Charged with MisapprOpriating
S5OO,OOO In Bonds i'm Paris.

Charged with Mfsapproprfating
100000 I'm Bonds i'm Paris.
'Cheiro," palmist and crystal reader,
who has had sensational career in New
York, Newport, Chicago. London and
Paris, is a fugitive from justice. He
vanished from Paris after charges were
made against him by two American wom-
EN-. Mrs. George Baldwin Newell and
her sister, Miss Josephine Poneroy, whose
father was a leading merchant of st.
Louis. He has been in Paris under the
name of Count Hamon," though his real
name is said to be John Warner. 1t is
alleged that he Incorporated stocks
and bonds valued at 100000, according
to present market quotations. 1t is be-
Ieved he is in London, out of the juris-
diction of French courts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Killed Each Other in Street Duel.

George Johnson and Samuel How
ard, prominent citizens of Elk City,
Okla, fought duel with pistols in the
street there as a result of which each
killed the other. They had been
friends and the cause of the tragedy is
not known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
His Eather Eouaht al WaterIoo.

Philip Brushart is lead al his home
In Burlington. Mich, aged 104 years.
His father, who fought in the battle
of Waterloo, lived to be over 100 years
old. and he had seven uncles who lived
beyond the century mark.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Twenty monkeys. Gagged on the top floor
of the George Washington university la
boratory in Washington. ID. c., are to be
experimental ON To find out to what ex-
tent the monkey brain may be developed
by training education.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Banker Flower Dies.

Arson r. Flower a New York banker
and brother of the late Gov. Roswell ..
Flower, died at his home in WATERFOWL.
N Y, following an illness of several
months The immediate cause of death
was heart clot, his physicians declare.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Sister Louise Mary is Dead.

Sister Louise Mary, of Boston. for
thirty years mother superior of the
Episcopal Order of st. Margaret's Sis
tiers in the United States and Canada.
Is dead at Montreal, aged 50 years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Walter Zeller, 10 years old. charged
with two companions with the murder Of
Zeller's grandfather. William Read, was
convicted of murder in the first degree BY
q Jury in Bridgeton, n. j.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Castro submits to Operation

Former President Castro of Venezuela
was operated upon in Berlin Monday by
DIR. Israel, the German specialist, for the
kidney complaint with which he is suffer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Rohbers Raid Ohio VfIIage

For three hours early the other Gay
four robbers raided Arcadia, Ohio. The
stores, the Nickel Plate depot, a grain
elevator Office and the postoffice were en-.
tered, but the entire loot amounted to
only a few dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

The Senate passed n bill providing
conditions under which the thirteenth
census will be taken. The House bill
which was under consideration was
amended to allow printing and bind
ing of census reports to be done by pri-
vate contract instead Of in the gov
eminent printing office, If found desir-
able by the director of the census. An
amendment placing the appointment of
35CO census Office clerks under the Civil
Service Commission was defeated. Sen
ator Culberson's resolution instructing
the Committee ON the judiciary to re-
port whether the President had au-
thOrity TO permit the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by
the United States Steel Corporation
was adopted. The House by vote OF
212 to 81 rebuked the President by
tabling so much of his message as re-
flected on members OF Congress in con-
nection with his recommendations re-
garding the secret service detectives,
and also declaring to be the sense of
the House that they shall decline TO
consider any communications from any
source which is not in its own judg-
ment respectful. The report of the
special committee appointed to deal
with the language in the Presidents
annual message and in his special mes
sage of Monday was submitted, and il
was used as the basis for some earnest
and vigorous speeches.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Don Harvey Hazel was at Toledo found
guilty of killing his mother and sentenced
to life imprisonment. He is Il. He ran
away from home TO become tramp be-
cause his teacher always called him by his
surname.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Children Bu,.ned tn Death

In the absence of the mother. who went
to the field to see their father, two chill
dren, aged 2 and 4 years, were burned to
death at the home of Thomas Burgess
near Moody, Mo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
STORE IS DYNAMITED AGAIN.
SECOND Attempt Made to Destroy the
BuiIdinE Occupied ms store.

Second Attempt Mnde TO Destroy the
Building Occupied store.
For the second time in two years an
attempt has been made to destroy the
building occupied by Viviano Bros. in
ST. Louis by exploding stick of dyna-
mite in the cellar. The glass fronts of
three store buildings were blown out
and the windows in a stable across the
street were shattered. The Viviano broth
ers live with their families in rooms over
the stores. They assisted the police in
tie investigation. They said that they
had received no threatening letters.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
Neoress Dead. AGED 1o7 Years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, a negress,
aged 107 years, died at her home in
Evansville, Ind. She was a former
slave and a native of Virginia. She
is said 20 be the oldest woman in the
State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
CALLS EDDY FAITH A FRAUD.
DIR. Johnston Myers Fiercely As
sails Christian Science.

In an address which bristled with the
strongest denunciatory terms at his com
mand. the Rev. Johnston Myers of I'm
manuel Baptist church, Chicago. arraign-
ed Christian Science as one of the great
est menaces of modern times. He de-
nounced the entire Christian Science
movement as n fabric of lies and fraud
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
am rank ExnIodes: One Killed.

One man was killed and every In.
habitant of Wood River, ILL.,. was
frightened by terrific explosion of a
1oO, 900 gallon tank of boiling oil at the
plant of the Standard Oil Company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
GET POISONED CANDY BY MAIL.

I'Iot to Murder Suspected-Three
Narrowly Escape Death.
A box of homemade candy sent through
the mail has nearly resulted in the death
of three persons in Denver, and the po-
lice are now trying to trace the sender
of the package in the belief that a DELHI
crate attempt was made to poison the
people to whom it was sent. Mrs. Marie
A. Sr,ith. the divorced wife of A. G..
Smith. merchant of Miles City, Mont,
and Violet and Oslo Smith, her two
youngest children, are seriously i'll as .
result. of eating the candy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Miss Frances Silverstein was married
in New York TO julius Hallinger. a man-
ufacturing jeweler. simultaneously with
the celebration of her mothers silver we'd
ding and her grandmother's golden we'd
ding.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

The late emperor of China had in his
retinue 80 physicians and 20 astrolo-
gers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
LIFE FOR WIFE MURDERER.

Ohioan Placed Poison I'm Coffee, the
Trial showed.
In Gallipolis, Ohio. Judge Branbury
sentenced Fred Van Meter. %, to life
Imprisonment at hard labor in the peiii-
Tertiary for the murder of his young wife,
Van Meters wife died after drinking
coffee, which, it is charged. had been poi
soned. His mother-in-law narrowly es-
capped death, but recovered. Nine of the
jury favored electrocution, but compro-
mise was reached.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
VISITS GRAVE OF WIFE HE SLEW


Convicted Murderer Taken To Gene
terry at His Request.
In Dayton, Ohio, Harry Crooks. con-
victed of numbering his wife and sentenc-
ed to the electric chair, begged the priv
ilege of visiting his wifes grave The
sheriff granted the prayer. sending the
man to the cemetery with a strong guard.
Crooks forbade his attorneys TO apply for
a new trial, declaring he was not insane
and that the verdict was just. His wife
had been divorced from him on the ground
of cruelty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

The postal savings bank bill was be-
fore the Senate Wednesday, and many
amendments were proposed to it, some
of them requiring the deposit of postal
savings funds in State as well as ma
tional banks. The Senate also received
two messages from the President, one
recommending additional interstate
commerce legislation and the other re-
lating to the absorption by the United
States Steel Corporation of the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron Company, and
passed several bills on the calendar.
The only incident worthy of note In
the proceedings of the House of Rep
resentatives and which caused a good
deal of amusement, was brief discus
sion of the forthcoming African hunt
ing trip of President Roosevelt. Incl
dentally there was a reference to the
famous so-called Ananias Club. The
whole debate hinged on the newspaper
story stating that Major Edgar o.
Mearns of the army was to accom-
pany the President, and that in order
to do so he had been put in the retired
list with increased rank. The matter
was brought up by Mr.. Mann of ILL
nois i'm connection with the considera-
ton of a bill authorizing the issuance
Of commissions to officers who retire
with increased rank.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
PRESIDENT Anglers SENATE.

st. Louis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
WORK OF
CONGRESS


The business of the Senate Tuesday
consumed less than an hour, nearly
half of which was devoted TO the con-
sideration of nOminat tons in executive
session. of which large number were
confirmed. \ motion by Senator Gore
to print the inaugural addresses and
the proclamation of emancipation by
President Lincoln in the Congressional
Record in celebration of the centenary
year of Lincoln's birth brought Senator
Bailey of Texas to his feet with an OBJ
lection to the printing of the proclama-
ton of emancipation. Further discus
sion was stopped by a reference of the
entire matter to the committee on
printing. THANKSGIVING business without
even the semblance of a quorum, the
House passed several bills of mis-
cellaneous character, but of little gen
eral public importance. The only in
cident worthy of note was a heated
discussion among the members of the
Indiana delegation over bill to pro-
vide for the establishment of judicial
divisions in the district of Indiana. The
measure failed of passage